RECORDING SCRIPTS – FCE PRACTICE TESTS

CD 1 – TRACK 2

TEST 1 REPEAT

Now open your question paper and look at Three. You hear a man telling his colleague
Part 1. You’ll hear people talking in eight about his holiday. What was the problem
different situations. For questions 1–8, with it?
choose the best answer A, B or C.
A He became ill.
One. You hear a woman talking about her
job. How does she feel about it? B He argued with his partner.

A It’s boring. C He couldn’t see all the things he

wanted to see.
B She likes it.
F So… how was it?
C She finds it difficult.
M It wasn’t exactly the best two weeks
Before I came here I worked in sales and really I’ve ever had. On the first night we
I found the monotony getting to me. Every went out to a local restaurant and by
day was essentially the same. the time we got back to the hotel
Beth was feeling sick and dizzy. The
So I took a complete change of direction, hotel doctor had a look at her and
retrained and here I am. It’s been almost 4 said it was food poisoning.
years now and I can honestly say that no day
is like the one before. What’s particularly F How awful!
rewarding is that I’m helping people who find
themselves in difficult situations, due to any M It wasn’t so bad. It meant that I could
number of reasons… health problems, just sit around the pool and relax
unemployment, to name just two. What’s while she was sleeping, instead of
great is that, more often than not I can make dragging me around to see every
some sort of difference to their lives. monument and museum like she
usually does.
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F You’re terrible!
Two. You overhear a man telling a friend
about a film he saw recently. What type of M Don’t worry; she got her revenge on
film was it? the second week. I just wanted to
relax but we had to see as much as
A a romance we could in the time we had left… we
ended up shouting at each other in
B an action film the middle of an ancient convent and
then didn’t speak until we got home.
C science fiction It’s all OK now though. We’re both
just glad to be back.
Well, it was OK I suppose. But to be honest, if
you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. And REPEAT
the final scene was just awful. They’re looking
up at the stars with far away looks on their Four. You overhear a conversation in a
faces, when suddenly all these rockets and supermarket. What are they discussing?
fireworks start exploding in the sky. He’s a
tough New York cop and she’s an investigative A Returning an item.
reporter, and at the beginning they hate each
other, but you’ve guessed it, he saves her B Breaking an item.
from a professional killer and it’s not long
before they’re running into each other’s arms C Buying an item.
in a crowded subway station.
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M There you are. I was beginning to their share of the work here? You’ve guessed
worry. it… I’ll be stuck with it and expected to finish
everything on time as always.
F Sorry. I was just looking at one of
those vases on sale. They’re really REPEAT
cheap and I thought it would look
good on the TV. And if it didn’t I Seven. You hear an actor talking on the radio
could just bring it back with the about his new film. What does he say about
receipt and get my money back. But preparing for the role?
just as I turned it over, the handle
came off in my hand. So I just put it A He had to learn a new skill.
down and came back here. I hope
B He did lots of research.
nobody noticed me.
C It was physically challenging.
M Well, let’s just pay for all this stuff
and get out of here as soon as we It seemed like quite a challenge when I heard
can. about the project; I mean playing somebody
like Buster Keaton who performed all his own
REPEAT
stunts... having to jump from a horse onto a
Five. You hear an advertisement on the train… it’s a bit too much for me, I can’t even
radio. What is being advertised? ride a horse. But after reading the script I was
relieved to see that wasn’t necessary at all. It’s
A a festival mainly focused on his personal life and so I
wouldn’t have to face such physical torments.
B a new music album Instead I spent hours every day, for about
three months in fact, watching DVDs of his old
C a cake films, studying his mannerisms and facial
expressions. And to be honest with you, I’m
All this week in Abbey Road Park you can more than a little proud of the result.
sample locally made biscuits, cakes and
desserts including last year’s prize winning REPEAT
carrot cake. Dozens of rides and stalls for all
the family as well as music on the main stage Eight. You overhear two people talking about
from 8. Local band Freddy and the Pacesetters a car. Why are they talking about the car?
will be performing songs from their new
album Phenomenal. Tickets cost 8 pounds for A It’s the man’s first car.
adults, 4 pound for under 16’s.
B It’s a brand new car.
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C It has broken down.
Six. You overhear a woman talking on the
phone about her new boss. What is she F So I know you’re dying to tell me…
worried about? how’s the car?

A Losing her job. M To tell you the truth, I’m beginning to

think I should have waited a bit
B Being given extra work to do. longer. I may have made a mistake
and rushed into buying it. I just
C Her boss is inexperienced. imagined it there in my garage and
had to have it.
I know, but that’s not really that important…
she’s only my age and hasn’t been doing this F Why do you think you’ve made a
very long, but management seem to think mistake?
she’s quite capable, and I suppose they must
know what they’re doing. It’s more that with M It’s just that I’ve spent everything I
all these cuts she proposing… most of the had on it. I could’ve just bought
junior staff will be out of work and will have to something second hand or kept my
look for other jobs, and who’s going to do old one running for another year or
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 so. If I have to take it for repairs any National Park in Andulucía, southern Spain,
time soon, I don’t know how I’ll be but in 2007 a previously unknown population
able to pay for it. was discovered in Castilla-La Mancha in
central Spain. In March 2005, for the first time
REPEAT Iberian Lynxes managed to breed in captivity.
3 healthy cubs were born at a breeding centre
That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2. in Doñana. In 2009 it was announced that 3
more cubs had been born in the same centre.
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Typically a mother will give birth to 3 cubs
You’ll hear a talk about an endangered after a gestation period of 60 days. Iberian
species. For questions 9-18, complete the Lynx conservation is now under way through
sentences. You now have 45 seconds to look political campaigning and lobbying from
at Part 2. individuals and organizations such as SOS
Lynx. Important progress has been made in a
The most endangered cat species is the number of ways. The foundation of the
Iberian Lynx, sometimes called the Spanish breeding programme in Andalucía, prevention
Lynx. Should this species die out it would be of further construction in areas the Iberian
the first feline extinction since the Smilodon, lynx lives, and the halting of proposals for new
commonly known as the Sabre-Toothed Tiger, roads in problematic areas, such as the new
10,000 years ago. Recent studies estimate the motorway that had been planned between
number of surviving Iberian lynx to be as few Ciudad Real in La Mancha and Cordoba in
as 100, which is around 400 less than there Andalucía . Despite these successes,
were in 2000. What does an Iberian Lynx look challenges and conflicting pressures remain.
like? Their leopard-like spots particularly The World Wildlife Foundation has been
distinguish it from its cousin, the Eurasian urging Spanish authorities for over two years
Lynx and it is also smaller, with a head and to close a road which crosses the Doñana
body length between 85 and 110 centimetres. national park, as Callum Rankine of the WWF
Males can weigh between 12.9 and 27 says, ‘With such a small population, the
kilograms, which is about half the weight of accidental loss of just one individual on the
the average Eurasian Lynx. The lynx can live road brings the species closer to the brink of
up to a period of thirteen years. The Iberian extinction.’
Lynx’s size means that it typically hunts for
animals no bigger than rabbits or hares. That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3.
Rabbits would account for more than 70% of
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the Lynx’s food, but due to Spain’s declining
rabbit population, the lynx has been forced to You will hear five different people talking
attack larger mammals such as young deer or about holidays they have had. For questions
roebuck. The Iberian Lynx hunts alone and 19-23 choose from the list A-F how each
follows its prey even up to distances of 100 person feels about the holiday. Use the
kilometres. Or it lies in wait for its prey for letters only once. There is one extra letter
many hours. It uses the four sets of whiskers which you do not need to use. You now have
on its ears and chin to sense its victim. They 30 seconds to look at Part 3.
are active at night. They stay active in winter
and their fur becomes thicker and paler. In Speaker 1
extreme weather, they take shelter in caves or
trees. The Iberian Lynx was once widespread It came as a complete surprise. Right out of
all over the peninsula but it is now restricted the blue she came home and told me she’d
to very small areas, mainly mountainous areas been made redundant from work and said
covered with vegetation. Its recent drastic why didn’t we just take off for a year and
decline over recent decades is due to loss of travel around the world. Well, it just all
habitat, reduction in prey and high non- seemed to make sense. I wasn’t enjoying my
natural mortality from road kills, predator work at the time and was thinking about doing
control and hunting, although it is under legal something else. Her company had given her
protection and it is no longer legal to hunt quite a generous redundancy package and
them. It was recently thought that the only also we could rent out our house for the year;
breeding Iberian lynxes were in the Doñana that would give us enough to live on for the
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year as long as we were careful with our near the village was lovely and had everything
money. And I’m pleased to say that we were, you could ask for… clean white sand, beautiful
apart from the occasional few luxuries here blue sea, palm trees. And the locals were
and there… you know, meals in expensive really friendly and really made a fuss of the
restaurants for special occasions like birthdays kids. I think we’ll go back there soon, but we’ll
or anniversaries, that kind of thing. definitely stay in a different hotel, that one
wasn’t good value for money at all.
Speaker 2
Speaker 5
It’s something I’d been looking into for some
time. To tell you the truth, it’s something I’ve I’d really been looking forward to going there
wanted to do ever since I was a kid. It just and I wasn’t disappointed. Not in the least.
never seemed that it would be something I From the moment you arrive there you feel
could realistically do, so it just remained a immersed in its history. It’s the birthplace of
dream. But after somebody told me how civilisation after all, and every street you walk
cheap it was when you actually got there I down reminds you of this. I know some
started to do some serious research. And people wouldn’t find it much fun, to be going
really, although actually getting there is very from boring museum to boring museum, but it
expensive, the price of the hotels, restaurants wasn’t like that. When you see some of the
and travelling around the country is so low collections they have in the museums, and
compared to places in Europe, it means that in you see it in context to the city itself, well, it’s
total you’re not paying much more than you an extraordinary feeling. The weather wasn’t
would for a cheap holiday on the beach in great but I don’t think that spoiled it for us at
Greece or Spain. And it’s a lot more all. It’s not like you go to a place like that just
interesting than just lying around on a beach to sit on the beach and get a tan. We had a
somewhere. It was great. I’m going back there week there, but really you’d need a month
next year. I didn’t think I would ever be able just to see everything.
to say that.
That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4.
Speaker 3
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It’s not every day you go on honeymoon, but
if you ask me it was all a bit over the top. We You will hear an interview with a member of
had our own private beach and the staff a sporting association. For questions 24-30,
couldn’t do enough for us; they wouldn’t let choose the best answer A, B or C. You now
us do a thing for ourselves. For example if I have one minute to look at Part four.
tried to pour myself a drink, somebody would
suddenly appear and take the bottle out of my F It’s been described as the fastest ball
hand and finish pouring it. I know it’s all these game in the world, and is played in
luxuries that you’re paying for but it’s a bit places as far away as Australia and
much for me and wasn’t something I was South Africa but it actually comes
comfortable with. I suppose you must just get from our western neighbours over in
used to it after a while, but all the time I kept Ireland. Many of us know next to
thinking that it would have been a better idea nothing about this sport so it will
if we’d used that money to buy a washing come as a surprise to learn that it has
machine and some new furniture instead of been played competitively all over
th
going to all that expense. our country since the 19 century.
Sean McGinn of the British Gaelic
Speaker 4 Athletic Association is here to tell us
a bit about the sport of hurling. Hi,
To tell you the truth, the hotel was a bit of a Sean, thanks for coming. Could you
letdown. The pictures in the brochure were give us a brief description of hurling?
flattering to say the very least. The restaurant
was supposed to be five star but I can M Sure. Well, it’s played on a pitch of
honestly say I’ve had better food in a around 140 metres long and 85
motorway service station. It wasn’t all bad metres wide, although for youth
though, the area itself was lovely. The beach matches it’s considerably smaller.

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 There are two teams of 15 people Canada, Argentina, Australia, New
and each player has a slim bat called Zealand, South Africa, as well as
a hurley which is made from ash places in continental Europe – for
wood. Players use the hurley to example there are teams from
propel a small leather ball, which is Brussels, from Luxembourg, from
slightly bigger than a tennis ball. Munich, Paris and Zurich.
There are two ways to score points
during a match – by scoring into the F And what would you say the appeal
goal and past the goalkeeper, whose of the sport is?
hurley is slightly bigger than the
outfield players’... just to give him a M As well as the cultural aspect:
chance… or you can score by hitting keeping in touch with your roots, the
the ball over the bar but between game itself is so fast moving and so
two long posts. A goal scored past skilful that it’s hard to take your eyes
the goalkeeper is worth 3 points away from the action for even a
while putting it over the bar is worth second. Also in these days of the
1. commercialisation of sport when you
have footballers or formula one
F Well that all sounds relatively easy. Is drivers earning more in a week than
it? most of us will see in a lifetime, it’s
important to remember that even at
M Not so easy as all that I’m afraid. As the very highest level, hurling players
you said earlier, it is the fastest ball are amateurs. That and the absence
game in the world. A good hurler can of violence between supporters…
hit the ball up to 150 kilometres an even in the most important matches
hour and the ball can travel as much there’s no segregation between rival
as 110 metres. There are also a few fans… gives the sport a purity and
rules that make the whole thing nobility that I don’t think you get in
trickier for the players. You can’t just other sports.
pick up the ball from the floor, you
have to flick it up using the hurley. F Thanks, Sean. I think we all know a
You can’t carry the ball in your hand little more about what sounds like a
for more than 4 steps, so you have to fascinating sport. That was Sean
run while balancing the ball on the McGinn of the British Gaelic Athletic
hurley, which is no easy thing. There Association talking about the sport of
are also restrictions on the way you hurling.
can tackle another player, so all in all
it’s a sport that requires a high level That is the end of part 4.
of skill and years of practice.
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F And tell us how popular the sport is
TEST 2
outside Ireland.
Now open your question paper and look at
M Well the history of Ireland is
Part 1. You’ll hear people talking in eight
dominated by emigration. While the
different situations. For questions 1-8,
country itself has a population of less
choose the best answer, A, B or C.
than 7 million, it’s often claimed that
there are over 70 million people One. You hear a woman talking about a
around the world with Irish ancestry. young man. What is her relationship to him?
Nearly 11% of Americans see
themselves as Irish-Americans. My A his mother
own parents came over to Britain
from Galway in the West of Ireland in B his teacher
the 1930s. Wherever these emigrants
went, they took their sport with C his neighbour
them. So now hurling is played in
places such as Britain, the USA,
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I don’t know what’s got into him. He used to their energy… I can’t imagine my granddad
be such a sweet boy. He’d come round to the running around on stage for that long.
house at Christmas time and sing such lovely
carols. My husband used to take him fishing REPEAT
on Sunday mornings… if you could get him out
of bed on time of course. Now he hardly says Four. You hear somebody talking about a trip
a word to either of us and he’s been getting they are about to take. Why are they going?
into terrible trouble in the classroom. The
A on business
headmaster has asked them all to come in for
a meeting. We’re all worried he’s going to be B on holiday
expelled from school.
C for a family wedding
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I’ve been there before, I went there with my
Two. You hear a man talking about a house. wife to celebrate our third anniversary, which
Why did he decide not to buy it? was five years ago now. We had a great time
just sitting around in the squares, getting a tan
A It was too expensive.
and seeing the sights. I don’t imagine I’ll get to
B It wasn’t big enough. see many sights this time, unless you count a
hotel room, the inside of a taxi and a
C It was too far away. conference centre as sights. Luckily it’s only 4
days and I’ll be back on Saturday… I’d better
In the end I just decided it wasn’t really what I be, my brother’s getting married and I’m the
was looking for. Sure, if you compare it to best man!
places in the centre of town, it certainly
wasn’t bad value for money. But, at the end of REPEAT
the day, it’s just me, no wife, no kids, why
would I need two extra bedrooms? I know it’s Five. You hear a television quiz programme.
more expensive to stay here in town, but I How much does the contestant win?
don’t really want to spend an hour or more
A nothing
commuting from the outskirts rather than just
walking half an hour to work. B ten thousand pounds
REPEAT C two thousand pounds
Three. You hear someone talking about a M So Brian, this is it... here comes the
concert they went to. How did they feel final question. Let me remind you,
about the concert? you’ve used all three life lines and if
you choose to play and get the
A It was too short.
answer wrong you’ll walk home with
B She enjoyed it. nothing. If, after hearing the
question, you decide not to play, you
C The music was disappointing. keep the two thousand pounds
you’ve already won. But… if you get
All my friends laughed when I told them I’d the answer right… you win the
bought tickets. ‘How old are you?’ they asked, jackpot of ten thousand pounds. OK?
and I suppose they’ve got a point – I think the Here it is… who won the European
lead singer is only a couple of years younger Football Cup in 1979 and 1980? Was
than my granddad. But I’ve always loved their it A: Real Madrid B: Liverpool or C:
music... well… their early stuff from the 60s Nottingham Forest
and 70s… that’s why I felt really let down
when they spent 40 minutes playing songs M Well… I think it was Nottingham
from their new album, which I have to say, Forest but I’m not absolutely sure…
isn’t great. But once that was out of the way so I think I’ll keep what I’ve already
they went on to play just about every song won. I’ve had a lovely day, thanks for
they’ve ever written. You’ve got to admire everything.

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M Well, Brian, you’re a cautious man… I’ve been really surprised by their reaction to
and you were right... it was answer C: be honest. They’ve been really supportive,
Nottingham Forest. A round of Dad even lent me the money for the deposit
applause everybody for Brian Smith, and helped me move all my stuff in. That’s the
a worthy winner. odd thing, they have such an old fashioned
attitude I thought that never in a million years
REPEAT would they let me. I think that’s what made
me decide to leave really, we never seemed to
Six. You hear somebody buying a train ticket. see eye to eye on anything and would get on
What kind of ticket do they buy? each other’s nerves and row about almost
everything.
A a single
My new place is a little nearer to the office,
B a fixed return
but only about another 10 minutes on the
C an open return bus. What’s great is that now I have my own
space and I can just invite a friend round, cook
M Hello Scottish Rail, how can I help dinner, watch a DVD, that sort of thing,
you? without having to check with mum and dad if
it’s OK… and possibly having a blazing row
F Hi, I’d like to buy a return ticket to about it.
Glasgow please.
REPEAT
M When were you thinking of travelling
back? Eight. You hear a radio advertisement. What
is it advertising?
F I’m not exactly sure, maybe next
Monday but it’s not really definite. A a soft drink

M Well, an open return is £67.20 which B a holiday

means you can come back any time
before the end of next month. If you C a pizza restaurant
decide to buy a fixed return for next
Wellco Supermarkets are offering another
Monday that’s £43.50. But you know,
sensational summer savings sizzler. In our East
a single is £25… so if you buy a single
Park, Church Street and North Road branches,
and then another single when you
buy 2 one and a half litre bottles of premio-
decide to come back, you’re only
cola for just £1.40, that’s a saving of nearly
spending £6.50 more than the fixed
50%... and that’s not all. Collect the tokens on
return.
each bottle top and for every 6 you’ll get a
F Ah… that’s what I’ll do then. Can I free margherita or tex mex pizza at
have one of those please. PizzaNation in the high street. Enter our free
draw to win a holiday for two in Punta Cana,
M Sure. That’s £25 please. Mexico when you spend over £25 on any
Wellco own-brand products.
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Seven. You hear a young woman talking
about her decision to leave home. Why did That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2.
she decide to leave home?

A because of her relationship with her

parents

B to be nearer to work

C because she wanted to live with a

friend

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CD 1 – TRACK 7 when bad weather forced his heated helium
balloon ‘Zanussi’ down after a 2,000 mile
You will hear a radio news item about a hot flight from Canada.
air balloon manufacturer. For Questions 9-18
complete the sentences. The Finch company moved to its present site
in Gellingborough in 1983 and in the following
Douglas Finch is to be awarded the Honorary years all of the records for distance and
Degree of Doctor of Business Administration duration were taken by pilots flying Finch
in recognition of his outstanding scientific, balloons. In 1989 Finch Balloons Limited
design, and entrepreneurial achievements and received the Queen’s Award for Export,
their important contribution to the history confirmation that Doug Finch had made
and reputation of Bristol. Bristol the undisputed balloon manufacturing
capital of the world.
Douglas Finch was born near Glasgow and
attended Allan Glen’s School before reading
During the 1990s interest in becoming the first
aeronautical engineering at Glasgow
to fly around the world by balloon became
University, from which he graduated in 1961.
intense and almost all the contenders have
He gained a Master’s Degree in Industrial
used Finch helium/hot air balloons.
Engineering at Cornell University, USA in 1963
before returning to the United Kingdom and
Doug Finch has advanced the science,
joining the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
technology and art of balloon flight to the
highest level. His factory in Bristol is the
He joined the Bristol Gliding Club and in 1965
world’s largest and last year he was awarded
received the Silver ‘C’ Gliding Badge. In 1967
the Prince Philip Design Award.
he helped build the ‘Bristol Belle’, a red and
white striped balloon which made its first
Doug Finch will receive his Honorary Degree of
flights at Weston-on-the-Green near Oxford. It
Doctor of Business Administration at the
was the first modern hot air balloon in
award ceremony at Bristol Business School on
Western Europe. In 1968 Doug Finch was
Tuesday 20 November at 11.30 am at Bristol
issued with the first ever Private Pilot’s
Cathedral.
Licence for Hot Air Balloons.
That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3.
The success of Doug Finch in translating his
ballooning expertise into a commercial
concern is reflected in the birth and success of
his company, Finch Balloons of Bristol, which
was formed by Finch in 1971 – five years after
he constructed his first balloon. The new
company was based in Dutton, Bristol, where
a total of twenty-nine balloons were made in
the basement of the property. 1971 also saw
Finch build Golden Falcon, a balloon designed
specifically to fly across the Sahara.

In 1972 Doug Finch received the Royal

Aeronautical Club Bronze Medal, the first
awarded for hot air airships. A year later he
was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Club
Silver Medal for the first balloon flight over
the Alps. In the same year he received the
Lighter Than Air Society (USA) Achievement
Award for the development of the first hot air
ship. Five years later he attempted the first
Atlantic crossing by balloon for which he
received the Royal Aeronautical Club Gold
Medal. In 1978 his attempt to make the
premier Atlantic crossing by balloon ended
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CD 1 – TRACK 8 probably have to walk them there though…
the high street is very busy with cars and I
You will hear five different people talking don’t want to risk them crossing a busy road
about the place where they live. For on their own.
questions 19-23 choose from the list A-F to
say what each person feels about where they Speaker 4
live. Use the letters only once. There is one
extra letter which you do not need to use. Well, with the kids now, there’s just not
enough room for all of us. We had to do it
Speaker 1 really. Obviously, I would have liked to have
stayed here, but it’s for the best. It was just
People tell me I should cash in on it, sell up impractical really. And now we’ll have a lovely
and move out to the country. Prices have place. I’ve lived here since I left home. I never
gone up so much around here that I could get imagined then how much my life would
a lovely place somewhere rural. I don’t know change. Look out of the window, see that
though, it had never really occurred to me shop, that’s where I bought my first suit for
before. I’ve lived half my life here and don’t my first day of work, and there’s the café
really see much reason for a change. But while where I met Karen, my wife. The idea of
you might say the area has gone up-market moving was hard at first, leaving all these
and improved, with these new bistros and memories behind. Still, it’s for the best and it’s
shops, well it’s lost something too. A lot of the not like we’re moving to the other side of the
character it used to have… I mean, now I don’t world. It’s only a ten minute drive and I can
even know my neighbours’ names and they pop back whenever I like.
don’t know mine. So I’m not sure if I should
stick around now. Moving… well, it’s food for Speaker 5
thought.
I realise now it wasn’t the right thing to do.
Speaker 2 We jumped in too quick; we just took one look
at the cottage and the village and we fell in
There was a time around here that you could love. We didn’t really think about the
leave your front door open morning, noon and practicalities. It all seemed so idyllic really.
night. Kids just played in the street Country houses with beautiful gardens, cricket
unsupervised and only came home when it on the village green, the village fete, the duck
got dark or their dinner was on the table. pond... it seemed like we were going back in
Everybody knew everybody else… and their time. But once you’re used to all that, spent a
business… so it wasn’t all great! … But over year or so here… well… that’s when the
the last few years it’s got worse and worse realities kick in. There’s not really much to do.
and I’ve no idea why, I really don’t. Mrs Peters If we want to go to the cinema it’s a half hour
at number 36, she was mugged just last drive to the multiplex on the ring road. If we
Thursday, 50 pounds and her mobile phone want to eat in a good restaurant or see an
she lost. exhibition we have to go into town, which
with traffic can take over an hour and a half.
Speaker 3 And while the kids don’t mind it now, I dread
to think what they’ll be like when they’re a bit
When we saw it we just fell in love with it. The
older... there’s literally nothing for teenagers
old wooden floors, the heavy oak doors, the
to do here. I guess we should have given it a
delightful bay windows… and the garden… the
bit more practical thought before we dived in
garden’s going to be glorious in spring. We’ll
and moved.
have picnics, maybe even barbecues. Of
course there’s lots of work to be done before That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4.
it’s perfect, if it ever will be… But we seem to
be settling in. Most of the local shopkeepers
seem to know our names now and most
people say hello in the street. It’s such a
change from living in the city. And when the
kids go back to school there’s a really good
one at the other end of the village. I’ll

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CD 1 – TRACK 9 which attracts about 12,000 runners
a year and a 250 kilometre race in
You will hear an interview with an athlete Namibia called ‘racing the planet’…
talking about his sport. For questions 24-30, it’s becoming more popular in Asia.
choose the best answer A, B or C. Taiwan, Japan and Korea have all
hosted ultra-marathons, and India
M We’ve all heard of fun-runs and half held its first in Bangalore in 2007.
marathons, maybe we’ve even There’s even an ultra-marathon held
competed in them… but how many of in Antarctica!
us have heard of ultra-marathons?
My guest today is Stan Woodcock M And I believe you’ve just returned
who is going to tell us all about ultra- from the United States; tell us about
marathons. Hi, Stan, thanks for that. From what you told me before
coming. Maybe I could start by asking the programme, it sounds
you the obvious question... what impossible!
exactly is an ultra marathon?
M Well, I took part in the Badwater
M Hello Roy, thanks for inviting me onto Ultra-marathon. Which is a terrific
the programme. Well, you know test of your personal endurance. It’s
there’s no straightforward answer to a 215 km course which starts at 85
your question. Not all ultra metres below sea level and ends at
marathons are the same. The the top of Mount Whitney in Death
simplest answer I can give you is that Valley, California… 2,548 metres
it involves running further than a above sea level. What makes it
normal marathon, which is 42.195 particularly tricky is that it’s held in
kilometres. Basically you could divide July, when temperatures can reach
them into two types as well, those 49 degrees in the shade. A guy called
that cover a specific distance and Al Arnold pioneered the course, first
those that take place within a specific attempting it in 1974, but he failed to
time period, with the winner being finish due to dehydration. He tried
the runner who has covered the most again the following year but
distance. sustained a knee injury, but in 1977
he was the first to finish it, with a
M What sort of distances and time time of eighty hours.
periods are we talking about here?
M That sounds like quite a trial, Stan.
M Well, the timed events range from 6, Can I ask you just one last question,
12 and 24 hours to 3 and 6 days. In and I hope it doesn’t sound rude…
terms of the distance races, the most but, why do you do it, it sounds
common distances are 50 and 100 crazy?
kilometres.
M Don’t worry, I’m asked that all the
M 6 days? Surely here in Britain, we’d time. Maybe I used to ask myself too.
run out of anywhere to run to! But I can tell you this… it has taught
me how I can take responsibility for
M No – timed events are generally run
my life and thereby guide my own
on a track or a short road course,
destiny instead of blaming other
usually about a kilometre in length.
people and being victimised by my
M And how popular are ultra own imperfections. It confirmed that
marathons? the anger and rage that exists in most
of us is based on our inability to
M More popular than you’d think. In accept our own inadequacies. It has
Europe alone there were more than taught me that we all have the
200 ultra-marathons last year. There strength and conviction to deal with
are a few in Africa, including the adversity – if we can just tap into it.
world’s oldest, the 89 kilometre But more than anything, it has left
‘comrades marathon’ in South Africa me feeling profoundly grateful for my
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 family and friends, appreciation of hear their music? It’s not as if I’ve ever heard
what I have, who I am, and where I anybody using them to play decent music. I
am going in my life. used to think their ringtones were annoying,
but it’s nothing compared to these. It really
M Stan Woodcock, thanks for coming in ruins my journey to work sometimes. Not that
and speaking to us. it was ever really a pleasure.
That is the end of part 4. REPEAT
CD 1 – TRACK 10 Three. You hear somebody talking on the
phone. What is the purpose of their phone
TEST 3 call?
Now open your question paper and look at A to complain
Part 1. You’ll hear people talking in eight
different situations. For questions 1-8, B to arrange to meet someone
choose the best answer, A, B or C.
C to apologise
One. You hear someone talking about
something he saw on television. What did he I know exactly how you must feel. But just let
see? me explain… I know, I know… I got the two
thirty train and I was supposed to get the
A a magic trick connecting train at two fifteen, but there was
a delay at the train station and we didn’t get
B a drama there until half past two and I’d missed it. The
next one wasn’t until 5. Can you believe it?
C a sporting event
I’ve a good mind to write a letter of complaint
It was one of those ‘must-see’ moments. to the company and tell them how angry I am;
Everybody I knew watched it, and everybody it’s not as if the tickets are cheap either. You
at work the next day was talking about it. It know how much I wanted to meet you, how
was just like that soap opera years ago when can I make it up to you? What? Yes, I know…
the guy got shot and all you could hear the of course I had it with me… just that I forgot to
next day was people discussing who shot him. charge it last night and it ran out of batteries,
There were even t-shirts printed ‘Who shot so I couldn’t call you. Hello? Hello?
BJ?’ they said. Or like that world cup final
REPEAT
where the England player used his hand to
score a goal and the referee said the goal was Four. You hear somebody talking in a shop.
valid. I’m sure there must be something to What kind of shop is it?
explain how she did it though, you can’t just
make Buckingham Palace disappear into thin A a health food shop
air. But it was really dramatic to say the least.
B a greengrocer’s
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C a chemist’s
Two. You hear a woman complaining about
something. What is she complaining about? It’s because I have these allergies. I’ve tried
everything. Creams, pills… you name it. The
A types of mobile phones doctor told me he wasn’t sure what was
causing it, he even suggested it was all in my
B teenagers head. But surely I’m not imagining the rashes I
get when I eat them. It just started a couple of
C the public transport system
years ago, I used to eat plenty of them with no
I just don’t see the point of them. You get on problem. I suppose it must be something to
the tube and some adolescent sits next to you do with the fertilizers and pesticides they use
and all you hear is this tinny repetitive beat. these days. So, no, those look nice and I’m
Why can’t they just put headphones on? Why sure they’re fine but I don’t want to risk it, I’ll
do they imagine that the rest of us want to
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have the organic ones instead. A kilo should of weight, so maybe I’ll try to get
be enough. down there at least once next week.

REPEAT REPEAT

Five. You hear a man talking about his sister. Seven. You hear a man talking to his partner
What is his sister’s biggest fault? on the phone. When is he going to leave
work?
A She talks too much.
A 8.30
B She’s too serious.
B 8
C She gets easily annoyed.
C 9.30
Seriously, there are times when I think I just
can’t take any more. I love her to bits of I know I said I’d be home by 8 but it just can’t
course, but at times, well, you can imagine, I be done. I’ve got a huge stack of work on my
just have to take a deep breath and count to desk and I promised my boss I’d have it done
20 or I’ll just explode or end up walking out. by Wednesday. I’m going to have to come in
She’s always been the same, ever since we early before he gets here at eight thirty
were little kids. You just can’t get a word in tomorrow and get some more of it done.
edgeways. She’d kill me if she knew, but Look, it’s half past eight now, I’ll just put in
sometimes when she calls I just put the phone another hour and then I’ll finish, OK? Do we
on the table, go away and make a cup of need anything from the shops on my way
coffee and when I come back she’s still going home?
on and on and none the wiser.
REPEAT
REPEAT
Eight. What is the speaker describing?
Six. You hear 2 people talking. What is their
relationship? A a documentary

A They’re related. B a visit to a national park

B They go to college together. C a friend’s holiday

C They go to the same gym. It’s quite breathtaking really. You could almost
be there. It’s such a beautiful park, the valley
F John! I haven’t seen you for ages. looks gorgeous. You can see why it attracts so
How are you? many visitors. Only last week John was asking
me if I fancied going camping with him there
M Sara! Hi! You look great. I suppose for a long weekend. But that’s why they made
you must still be taking those classes. it really, to highlight how so many visitors
going there every year is eroding a lot of the
F I sure am! I’ve lost 5 kilos since I last natural vegetation that the wildlife there rely
saw you. Anna’s a real dictator in her on for food and shelter. Really did make me
classes; she really makes you work think. And the music they used is great, really
and sweat. But I have plenty of time complimented the images. You should see it.
these days since I finished at
university. What about you? How REPEAT
come I haven’t seen you there for so
long? That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2.

M Well, time is the big problem really.

I’ve got so much work to do, I ended
up finishing so late and then taking
work home with me. There just don’t
seem to be enough hours in the day.
But I do seem to be putting on a bit
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CD 1 – TRACK 11 Blackpool airport boasts a variety of cafés and
restaurants, such as the Cosy Café located on
You’ll hear an information announcement the mezzanine floor. Relax in this modern light
about facilities offered at Blackpool Airport. filled restaurant and choose from a wonderful
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences. selection of modern Irish classics such as; Pan
fried Chicken with creamy smoked bacon and
Checking in at Blackpool airport couldn’t be Leek sauce, freshly cooked pasta dishes, or
easier. The majority of check-in desks at Pan Asian delights such as Thai style prawns.
Blackpool Airport are located on the first floor Full English breakfast is served from 4 a.m.
of the terminal building. Air UK operates its The airport is conveniently located
UK, London and German flights from check-in approximately 10 km north of Blackpool city
Area 14, which is located on a level beneath centre. It is served by a large number of
the Arrivals Hall. To save time, have your buses, coaches and taxis all allowing you to
tickets and passport ready, and ensure your get to and from the airport with ease. Over 21
hand luggage contains only the items you may million passengers travelled through
need during your journey. Ensure that carry- Blackpool Airport last year.
on luggage does not contain any liquids, gels
or pastes that exceed 100 ml. You can also use That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3.
the self-service check in desks. Self-service
check-in is available to passengers departing CD1 – TRACK 12
from the Airport travelling with certain
airlines. A number of scheduled airlines offer You will hear five different actors talking
self service check-in and internet check-in about their first stage performance. For
technologies in order to facilitate their questions 19-23 choose from the list A-F to
passengers with early check-in, seat selection say what each person felt during the
and issue of boarding passes. Please select performance. Use the letters only once.
from the airline links below to see if this There is one extra letter which you do not
service applies to your destination. Airline need to use.
staff are on hand should you require any
assistance. Sit back and relax in the Eric Speaker 1
Morecambe Departure lounge. Enjoy the
I thought I’d be a lot more anxious than I was.
comfort and relaxing atmosphere of the Eric
I couldn’t sleep for a few days before it. I kept
Morecambe Lounge for up to three hours –
going over the worst possible scenarios in my
for only €25 per person. We offer an excellent
head. Everything from forgetting my lines, to
service to all passengers regardless of airline
throwing up all over the stage… I even
or class of ticket. And there’s a 20% discount
imagined a fire in the theatre. I suppose it’s
for the over 60’s who can take advantage of
only natural really. I mean it’s your very first
our facilities for only 20 euros per person.
time in front of an audience, how are you
Facilities include: complementary
expected to feel? There were hundreds of
refreshments; newspapers and magazines;
people there! But at the end of the day,
Free Wi-Fi access throughout the lounge and
you’ve done your preparation. You’ve spent
notification of delays and flight times. A left
months with the play, living the part… so
luggage facility is available in the Car Park
when I stepped out on the stage I was
Atrium, directly across the road from the
surprised at myself. I didn’t even notice the
Terminal, for short and long term storage of
audience; I just went out and played my part
luggage. The facility is open from 6 a.m. to 11
as though it was the most natural thing in the
p.m. daily and rates vary depending on the
world. And that’s how it felt, it wasn’t me up
size of baggage. A car key holding facility
there on stage, I was the character and every
exists for passengers, at a charge, with
line was my own.
Greencaps, in the Car Park Atrium. The keys
must be collected by the person nominated to Speaker 2
do so. This person must have photographic
identification when collecting the keys. Those I couldn’t wait to get out there. Seriously.
leaving keys must also provide a reference of We’d rehearsed it so often I was eager to
where their car is parked. show people what we’d done, what a classic
play it was. The play was set during the first

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world war and was about a group of soldiers nobody I saw leaving the theatre looked in the
all from the same village who all get killed on least bit disappointed.
the same day. We’d read so many letters,
plays and books from the men who were Speaker 5
actually there and what we noticed was that
in the early days of the war, how so many It was a nightmare from the beginning to the
men were so keen to go out and fight, even if end. I couldn’t focus, I had trouble
it meant certain death. At the time I remembering my lines, I could barely move.
remember thinking they were crazy… but it’s Honestly, I was shattered. I had given up my
strange, the more we practiced on our own in job as a teacher just 9 months before to
an empty theatre… the more we just wanted pursue my dream of being a professional
to go out and do the real thing in front of a actor, and as luck would have it my wife
real audience… even if it proved to be a total announced that she was pregnant just a week
disaster. Which it wasn’t, I’m pleased to say. later. I’ll have to make a decent job of this I
We got very good reviews in the following thought, I’ve now got more responsibility than
week’s local paper. I’ve ever had. We were both so happy when I
got this part, it was quite a prestigious
Speaker 3 production and it looked like I might have a
future. Of course, fate had other ideas. My
It was maybe the most frightening moment of wife went into the hospital the day before the
my life. I was waiting in the wings, I knew my first performance. I was up for 30 hours
cue was coming up any minute. My mind went straight that day, pacing up and down the
blank. I started hyperventilating. My stomach corridors. She gave birth to our daughter,
was in knots. I started to sweat. I nearly ran Chloe, just 2 hours before curtains up. I
away there and then. I just wanted to hide literally had to run all the way from the
and wished I’d never put myself in this hospital to the theatre. Luckily everybody
position. I couldn’t though, I couldn’t let all understood and I actually received an award
those people down. The people who’d bought for that role.
tickets but more importantly all my fellow
actors and the director… we’d all worked so That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4.
very hard to make this production. So I took a
few deep breaths and when the time came I
went onto the stage. I’d like to say I delivered
a breathtaking performance but the truth is I
was terrible. It did get better after that first
performance though, thankfully.

Speaker 4

I wasn’t supposed to be appearing that day. I

was the understudy to Jake Collins, the
Hollywood film star. He was in London to
perform in this play and the publicity it got
was astonishing, you couldn’t turn on the
television or open a newspaper without
seeing his picture or an article about the play.
So a lot of excitement had been created in the
city. I imagine a lot of the audience had
bought tickets simply to see a Hollywood star
up close. They must have been rather
disappointed when it was announced that he
wouldn’t be performing due to food
poisoning. But for me it was a wonderful
opportunity, and you can’t imagine how great
standing in for such a famous actor made me
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CD 2 – TRACK 1 influence, he always told me I should
just do what makes me happy. And
You will hear an interview with the creator of for everything else, my wife. She’s
a web-based music service. For questions 24- been my rock, my inspiration, an
30, choose the best answer A, B or C. oasis of stability over the last few
years, which have been crazy.
F Steven Pride is a difficult man to
track down. The co-founder and CEO F Go on, give us a quick look into your
of MusicFlow is busy travelling music collection. Who are you
around Europe on business. Founded listening to right now?
in 2008, MusicFlow is quickly gaining
a legion of loyal fans and it is easy to M There are some fantastic artists
understand why. The music- coming through, such as We are
streaming program gives users Scientists, Vampire Weekend, Bats
instant access to a huge catalogue of for lashes, Fleet Foxes and The Black
music from all over the world, free of Keys. Leonard Cohen’s latest is
charge. awesome and I’ve just started
Unlike the majority of similar listening to Little Feet’s new album,
websites, MusicFlow’s beauty lies in which just hit MusicFlow today.
the fact that it works with music
companies and rights holders so that F MusicFlow was yours and Marta
its operations are wholly legitimate. Pirez’s brainchild, did it come about
This explains why MusicFlow has quickly from a chat you both had or
been welcomed with open arms by was the idea a long process
both producers and consumers of development?
music alike. Just this past Wednesday
saw Steven Pride attending the Brit M It’s something we’d been thinking
Awards in London, mingling with the about for a while. One thing that
crème de la crème of the music became obvious to us about person
industry. This would never have been to person file sharing was the fact
the case for the likes of Phapster or that people consumed more music
Pirate Ship. than ever from a bigger diversity of
So it was with great satisfaction that artists. The influences in terms of
Steven Pride, very much the man of what they were listening to were
the moment, took some time out to coming more from friends than from
answer our questions. radio stations. They were consuming
You are often described as a hard- music like crazy but weren’t
nosed businessman, are there any necessarily paying for that music. The
other things you are also guilty of? underlying demand for music was
bigger than ever. The reason we set
M Right now, with all the travelling I’m up MusicFlow was to cater for that
doing, I’m not getting enough sleep demand but to also, at the same
at night, so I’d have to say falling time, create a functioning revenue
asleep in meetings. My wife might stream.
tell you I work too hard, but I don’t
think that’s true. I’m just doing what I F What has been MusicFlow's biggest
love. challenge since start-up?

F Who has most inspired you? M Well obviously signing the various
record deals was a huge step for us.
M In terms of music I would have to say We want to be the alternative to
The Beatles. I don’t think we’ll ever music piracy and to have the support
see any group produce such a body of the record labels, both the majors
of work ever again. Almost every and independents, to allow us to
song is a classic. In terms of business, realise that aim. Since then, probably
I think my father has been my biggest dealing with the surge in users has

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 been one of our biggest challenges, night, not every night at least. I’m amazed the
as well as adding on average 10,000 people next door haven’t come round and
tracks a day to the MusicFlow said anything about it, I know I would have if it
catalogue. Putting all the world’s was me. A car or a motorbike drives past the
music in one place is a big job. house and she’s off, barking for hours. I don’t
know if there’s something they can do at the
F Who do you see as your biggest clinic, some pills or something. I’ll phone
competition? them, see what they suggest.

M Depending on who you speak to, we REPEAT

will be compared to different
services. In the UK, we get compared Two. You hear someone talking about their
to First.fm; in France a lot of people job. What do they do?
compare us to Geezer, while in the
A a nurse
US a lot of people see us as similar to
Phapster. I honestly believe that we B a firefighter
don’t have a main competitor on that
level as no one is currently offering C a police officer
what we are offering in terms of an
ad-supported model and a It is rewarding I must say, but it does take it
subscription model as one. out of you. Not just physically but emotionally
as well. You see the most terrible things.
F What have you got planned for next Usually people who’ve been involved in traffic
year? accidents, but also house fires and industrial
accidents. Of course, there’s sometimes very
M Lots of stuff. We’ve got some little we can do except try to make them as
unbelievably cool exclusive content comfortable as possible. It would be a crime
available for our users coming up not to do whatever we could. There are lots of
over the next few months, plus we’re success stories too. A lot of people are saying
also going to provide our MusicFlow we’re the best burns unit in the whole
Premium subscribers with some country.
special extra services.
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That is the end of part 4.
Three. You hear a man talking on the radio
CD 2 – TRACK 2 about a local school. Why is the school being
pulled down?
TEST 4
A There aren’t enough students.
Now open your question paper and look at
Part 1. You’ll hear people talking in eight B It has become dangerous.
different situations. For questions 1-8,
choose the best answer, A, B or C. C A new school is being built.

One. You hear a woman talking about her Residents of Eddington were sad to hear of
pet. What is the problem with it? the local council’s decision to demolish Saint
Xavier’s secondary school. While it is
A Her neighbours have complained about it. acknowledged that student numbers had
steadily been declining over the past few
B It is sick. years, it was still felt that there was sufficient
need for a secondary school in the village.
C It is noisy.
Unfortunately, after careful assessment by the
I can’t get a wink of sleep and I’m so sleepy at ministry of public works and their surveyors, it
work. Even my boss has noticed it. I’m worried was decided that the building had become
sick. Really, I don’t know what’s got into her. structurally unsafe and should be closed with
She never used to be like this. OK, when the immediate effect.
postman came she used to do it, but not at
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A local action committee has been pressuring C the fried chicken
the council to construct a new school on the
same site. However, a spokesman for East M Are you ready to order, madam?
Ridingshire council has declared that there are
insufficient funds in the budget for such a F Yes, we are. We’ll have the beef half
project, for the foreseeable future at least. pounder burger with texas sauce, the
They have, however, agreed to fund a special fried cod and chips with tartare
bus service for pupils who will now need to sauce, and the southern rancher fried
travel to school in nearby Mettingborough. chicken with lemon dressing, please.

REPEAT M Very good, madam. And what would

you like to drink?
Four. You hear someone talking about a
famous actor. How does she know him? F Just a bottle of mineral water, please.

A they went to drama school together. M Of course.

B They went to university together. F Oh and could we have 3 side salads

please?
C They went to school together.
M You realise the half pounder and the
People ask me that all the time… did I know southern rancher are served with
how famous he would become? Well, of salad, madam?
course not. How could I? He was very good
looking obviously, but that’s not everything is F Oh, in that case just one salad then
it? I suppose you have to have the talent, oh please.
and some luck too. I think he’s worked very
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hard to get where he is today. We actually
appeared in a few plays together at that time, Six. You hear a tour guide talking to a group
we were both members of the drama group. of visitors in a gallery. What does he tell
Funnily enough it was me that everybody them about the gallery?
thought would become a star. We hadn’t seen
each other for years actually. I went off to A Large groups aren’t allowed in certain
study theatre and drama at college, and I’m areas of it.
not sure where he went, we just sort of fell
out of touch. But then one day, oh I don’t B It’s advisable just to visit one section of it.
know how many years ago now, and there he
was on the television playing a young C They could get lost in it.
university professor who is being blackmailed
Well that’s enough about the history of the
by his student. I was amazed, he was
building itself. Now it’s time for you to have a
incredible… so charismatic and convincing.
look at what you really came here to see, the
And guess what I’m doing now? Yes, I’m a
pictures themselves. We’ll meet back here at
drama teacher, I just never seemed to get that
12 and then proceed back to the coach.
part to launch my career, so I gave up after a
few years. I enjoy my job now of course, but If you look in your guide packs you’ll find a
you can’t help thinking back to when we were map of the gallery. It’s quite clear and colour
kids and how things might have turned out coded so it makes it easy to find exactly what
differently. you’re looking for. I would warn you though,
that in a building this size and with so many
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different sections dedicated to different art
Five. You hear someone ordering a meal in a movements it would be impossible to see it all
restaurant. Which dish doesn’t have salad in just one morning. You’d have to be here for
included? days really. It’s best to decide on which parts
you’d really like to see and then just
A the burger concentrate on those. Otherwise you’ll have
to run around the gallery and not really have a
B the fish and chips chance to really look at any of the pictures
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properly. Also it’s best to divide yourselves F Retro is all the rage now –
into smaller groups, otherwise I’m sure everybody’s wearing things like this.
nobody will be able to agree what you all Anyone who knows how to dress at
want to see. Also, it gets very crowded around least.
this time of day, so it wouldn’t be very
practical if you all just stuck together. OK, see F OK, take it. But don’t say I didn’t
you here at 12. warn you if people give you funny
looks.
REPEAT
F Don’t worry, mum. I’m going to be
Seven. You hear a television weather the coolest girl in my class.
forecast. What is the weather going to be like
today in the east of the country? REPEAT

A rainy That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2.

B sunny CD 2 – TRACK 3

C snowy You’ll hear a radio interview with a plastic

surgeon. For questions 9-18, complete the
Well for much of the country it’s going to be a sentences. You now have 45 seconds to look
lovely day, with temperatures reaching as at part 2.
much as 28 degrees. Not bad at all after all
that wintery weather we’ve been having F Mediwatch recently caught up with
lately. Leeds was reported to have received as Dr Nigel Bryan, founder of the Bryan
much as 6 inches of snow in the last month. Plastic Surgery Medical Center in
But that looks to be behind us now as a belt of Tarantino, New Mexico. Dr Bryan is
high pressure comes in from the west, an accomplished plastic surgeon and
spreading eastwards as the week goes on. It has been on the Board of Directors
looks a bit bleaker on the east coast until for the American Academy of Facial
tonight, I’m afraid, as you’re set for a day of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
grey clouds and showers, sometimes heavy. It and on the surgery credentials
might be a good idea to take your washing in committee of the American Board of
but don’t worry. By tomorrow afternoon you’ll Facial Plastic and Reconstructive
be out in the garden barbecuing with the rest Surgery. Dr Bryan, thank you for
of us. taking the time to speak to
Mediwatch. You have been practicing
REPEAT facial plastic surgery since 1977 and
have over 30 years of experience in
Eight. You hear a girl talking to her mother.
this field. That’s a great track record!
Why does she want her mother’s hat?
How did you decide to become a
A to wear it to a party plastic surgeon and choose facial
plastic surgery as your specialisation?
B It’s fashionable.
M I first became interested in facial
C She needs a new hat. plastic surgery when I was in
residency training at UCLA. My major
F Why on earth would you want this? I inspiration came from Michael
must’ve bought it 30 years ago. It’s Howish, MD who was an
ancient. Besides, surely you have extraordinary teacher and surgeon.
enough hats, there are at least 10 in
your wardrobe.
F Where did you receive your plastic
F But I love it, mum, it’s gorgeous. surgery training?

F You’re not going to a Halloween M I attended Medical School at Idaho

party and dressing up as a hippy, are University in Springton, followed by
you? general surgery at the University of
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 Eastern Idaho and finally my M Botox is by far the most popular
fundamental training came from the cosmetic procedure today. It is
division of Head and Neck surgery at affordable with no downtime and
UCLA. patients love the results.

F What changes have you seen in your F You’ve mentioned in your website
long career, in terms of techniques, that cosmetic surgery can help a
technology and trends? Was plastic person with poor self-esteem. To
surgery as popular 30 years ago? what extent does having cosmetic
surgery help improve a person’s
M There have been many changes in psychological health? Would you like
plastic surgery over the years. There to tell us about any incident where
is a tendency to swing from radical surgery has helped a person
and exotic to minimal and less immensely?
invasive and then back again. Many
of the fundamental surgical M Plastic surgery is not at all about
techniques have not really changed what your spouse or friends think. It
because they are based on solid is about how you feel about yourself
surgical principals. On the other when you look in the mirror. There is
hand, new procedures and materials no question that people who look
are almost a daily good and feel good about themselves
occurrence. Perhaps, the most are generally more successful than
impressive of the trends is the those who don’t.
widespread use of Botox and the
filler substances available today. The F Do you also perform facial plastic
popularity of plastic surgery is surgery on accident victims or
increasing daily. 30 years ago, the patients with birth defects?
general consensus among those who
could afford it, was to get a facelift at M Yes I do, but my son Nigel Bryan Jr.
50. Today, there is something for just returned from a trip to Columbia
everyone, from Botox to filler where he helped treat 50 patients
substances, to facelifts. More with cleft palates and cleft lip
importantly, the general population deformities in less than a week.
of women and men considering
cosmetic procedures is closer to 35.
F As with any surgery, plastic surgery
entails some risks – reaction to
F You are a specialist in facial plastic anesthesia, infection, hematoma,
surgery. Facial plastic surgery seroma, embolism and necrosis. Is
includes several procedures – face there any particular procedure that
lifts, rhinoplasty, otoplasty, brow lift has more risks than the others? How
and many others. Which procedure in do you minimise these risks?
facial plastic surgery is the most
difficult to perform? And, which
M As a facial plastic surgeon risks really
procedure do you find the most
come in two categories. The risks are
interesting?
the anticipation of the patient and
real medical risks. Serious medical
M There is no question that rhinoplasty complications rarely if ever occur in
is the most difficult plastic surgical competent hands. Patients’
procedure from head to anticipation and expectation is much
toe. Therefore, it is clearly the most harder to judge. We minimise the
interesting and most challenging to expectation risks by fully explaining
perform. all procedures and their results to
each individual patient. On the
F Is there any procedure that is more medical side, our operating room
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 and I have had experience in over I remember the first time I went there it was
10,000 cases. the thing that struck me most, and it still does
to this day, and I’ve lived here nearly 10 years
F What kind of follow-up measures now. You can just walk down the street and
need to be taken in facial plastic there’s an Indian restaurant, next to a
surgery? Lebanese restaurant, next to a Turkish
restaurant… you name it. It’s like the whole
M All patients need to be treated post- world is here. I was in the butcher’s the other
operatively as any other surgery day and the guy behind the counter was
patient would be. Photographic speaking to me in English, to an elderly
records need to be kept and frankly, woman in Arabic and to some young
there is a lot of hand holding for the Senegalese guys in French. Now, I’m from a
emotional issues that occur. In small village up north and most people there
general, most patients are thrilled, have lived there for generations, I mean, my
happy and require minimal care. teacher at school also taught my dad, so it’s a
real contrast and something I think gives the
place its verve.
F How important is it for a patient to
feel comfortable with the surgeon? Speaker 2
What kind of rapport do you share
with your patients? Never a dull moment, that’s all I can say. If
you have the time and the money, you’ll never
M Being comfortable with the surgeon be bored. On Monday I can go to the South
and his team, including everyone in Bank and see an exhibition. On Tuesday I can
the office is essential. Our rapport is pop into the British Museum. Wednesday,
excellent, the support of the staff is maybe catch an opera. Thursday go out for a
excellent. We try to listen to each meal. Friday go and see a film in one of the
patient and address that patient’s massive cinemas in Leicester Square.
individual needs. Saturday, go to a football match and then on
Sunday just have a walk in Regent’s Park – it’s
F Your son, Dr Nigel Bryan, Jr. has beautiful there, so many trees and flowers, so
joined your practice. How does it feel relaxing.
to work with him?
Speaker 3
M It is a thrill and a privilege to be able There’s just this buzz about the place. Walking
to work with my own son. It was down the street you see a famous singer, you
easy to assess his education, but you might be in the newsagent’s and an actor
never really know how well another from some famous TV series pops in to buy his
surgeon can operate. He is a gifted copy of the Guardian. There are always new
and meticulous surgeon. restaurants or clubs opening. All the different
parts of the city have their own special feeling.
F Thank you, Dr Bryan, for taking the North London with its Irish community, and
time to answer these questions the West Indian parade in Notting Hill. I know
some people get annoyed with how people
That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3. rush about and the general mayhem on the
tube, but for me it’s what London is all about,
CD 2 – TRACK 4 its electric.
You will hear five different people talking Speaker 4
about what they like about London. For
questions 19-23, choose from the list A-F the Well, I have heard there are more green
reason each speaker gives for why they like spaces in London per capita than anywhere
the city so much. There is one extra letter else. I’m not sure if that’s true, but it’s
which you don’t need to use. certainly an improvement on the city I grew
up in. In our local park you could walk every
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though, you’re spoilt for choice. I’m not sure rescuing. There were certainly responsible,
which park I would say was my favourite, it caring breeders and there still are, but many
would depend on my mood. I do have a soft people bought llamas not knowing a thing
spot for Primrose Hill, you know the one you about them except that ‘the babies sure were
often see in films, that has a view all over cute’ and oh, ‘let's have a few more’. We get
London. calls from neighbours about people letting
their llamas starve and actually having dead
Speaker 5 llamas lying around their pastures. We get
calls about llamas being tied to a post and
I remember people saying it was a beaten, or lassoed, or kids being allowed to
monstrosity. I can’t believe they really think ride them and harass them until the llamas
that, it just matches the skyline so beautifully. scream. These are the dire cases.
They call it the Gherkin and I can see how it We have one llama called Cybil. She was
might be a bit modern for some tastes, but attacked by a cougar and found near death.
really, to call it ugly is insane. But I read that Those are the worst of her wounds, partially
people complained about the Eiffel Tower healed. Her body was covered in scratches
when that was first built, and can anybody and bites. Her owner was out of town, but
think of Paris now without it? I’m sure people fortunately his caretakers nursed her until he
will come to think of it in the same way as returned. Her owner felt that he could no
they do Saint Paul’s cathedral or the Tower of longer guarantee her safety, so gave her to
London – as a beautiful building that could LlamaCare to complete her recovery and
only be in London. spend her retirement in a quiet, peaceful
environment. During 2004 we made the
That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4.
decision to become a ‘forever’ sanctuary. The
CD 2 – TRACK 5 llamas who come to us, stay with us. After
working to find good new homes for many
You will hear a talk from the director of an llamas, we have come to the conclusion that
animal sanctuary . For questions 24-30, virtually all who come to us have had enough
choose the best answer A, B or C. of moving around and being separated from
their companions and families and will be
‘Why do Llamas need to be rescued? I much happier joining a herd that they never
thought they were worth lots of money...’ have to leave. We are however, still willing to
That's usually the first question we hear when help people find someone who offers the
someone finds out about the work of service of placing their animals if that is what
LlamaCare. It's a difficult question to answer they want for them. All llamas who come to us
because the reasons are many and some very are examined by a vet, receive all necessary
complex. The simple answer to the first part shots, and any other veterinary attention
of it is that they need rescuing, because there needed. They are then evaluated for
are too many... now. To the second part, they personality traits, level of training required,
used to be, but aren’t now. and where they might fit best in the herd. We
About 25 years ago, give or take, llamas came are not in the business of making more llamas
upon the scene in the United States as unique, for the market. We are here to save the lives
‘exotic’ animals. No one really knew what they of those who find themselves in situations
were ‘for’, but lots of people thought they where their lives – or the quality of their lives
wanted one... or a herd. They were beautiful, are in danger. Like any rescue, we are in
different from your usual farm animal, had constant need of monetary donations.
wonderful long eyelashes, big eyes, and an air Volunteers range from mentors and
of mystery. veterinarians, to those who spend a day
What we are seeing now is primarily the result interacting with the animals and cleaning
of over breeding. Simply put, the supply began barns – great exercise and fun for those city
to outweigh the demand. Indiscriminate dwellers who can't own llamas, but enjoy
breeding, along with the fact that these them. There will always be a llama here who
animals can live 18 to 25 years or more – a wants to be the centre of your love and
fact none of us paid much attention to when attention.
either buying or selling them, during those
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CD 2 – TRACK 6
So, if you look closely you can see that just by
TEST 5 applying a small quantity of it to the surface
and rubbing it ever so gently in a circular
You’ll hear people talking in eight different motion with a kitchen cloth, the final result is
situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best as clean as if you'd been scrubbing it for
answer, A, B or C. hours. It's a marvel of modern science, it really
is. And at just under two pounds a bottle, you
One. You hear someone talking about a new
can't say fairer than that. So how many bottles
road. What is her opinion of the road?
would you like?
A She thinks it will make her journey
to the shops longer. REPEAT

B She is in favour of it. Four. You hear a woman talking to her

neighbour. What does she want her
A She's worried it will harm local neighbour to do?
wildlife.
A Look after her cat.
Of course I can understand their concerns, it's B Feed her son.
bound to have an effect on some of the C Water her plants.
wildlife there, but at the end of the day you've
got to balance that out with the positive effect If it's no trouble... oh that's great... thanks
it will have on the village. It will be a lot more ever so much. You just have to check there's
pleasant for all of us here when we don't have enough water in the bowl. I'll be back by
to wait an hour just to cross the road to get to Monday, so you only need to go round there
the post office. twice. And if you leave him some food in the
bowl every other day, that'll be great. Is there
REPEAT anything you'd like me to bring you back?
(pause)Sure no problem. Bye.
Two. You hear someone talking about their
degree. What did they study?
REPEAT
A Medicine Five. You hear a woman talking about going
to a beauty salon. What is she going to have
B Fine arts
done?
C Science A Get a new hairstyle.
B Have a manicure.
My parents tried to convince me to study C Have a massage.
Medicine, and I went along with them right up
until the final moment when I had to submit I'd had my hair done there before and I loved
my university application. Although I'd always it. They really take care of you in there. I had a
been quite good at science I'd never really lovely cup of coffee while I was waiting and
enjoyed it that much and I couldn't see how they even gave me a head massage before the
medicine would be that different. Of course, styling. So, as it's my birthday and I'll be going
at that age I never fully appreciated how hard out this evening I thought why not get my
it would be to get a degree in Fine Arts... but nails done there... then go home, put on my
sometimes you've just got to follow your best dress and some make up and hit the
heart. town.

REPEAT REPEAT

Three. You hear a man speaking to someone. Six. You hear someone talking to her
Who is he speaking to? colleague. Why is she upset?

A a customer A Something is missing.

B a student B Something got wet.
C his cleaner C Something is broken.
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 Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert named
I'd put it in my drawer because I didn't want after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova.
to take it outside with me and risk it getting It is a cake similar to meringue with a crispy
wet if it suddenly started raining. I thought it crust and soft, light inner. The dessert is
would be fine if I just left it there... but when I believed to have been created to honour the
got back after lunch there was no sign of it. I dancer during or after one of her tours to
haven't got a clue who could've done Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s.
something like that. It's really put me in a fix, Where it was created and the nationality of its
it really has. creator has been a source of argument
between the two nations for many years, but
REPEAT research indicates New Zealand as the source.
The dessert is a popular dish and an important
Seven. You are in a computer repair shop. part of the national cuisine of both countries,
When will your computer be ready? and is frequently served during celebratory or
holiday meals such as Christmas lunch. All
A Friday currently available research suggests the
B Monday recipe originated in New Zealand. Keith
C Tuesday Money, a biographer of Anna Pavlova, wrote
that a chef in a hotel in Wellington, created
Well, leave it with us. We'll have a look at it as the dish when Pavlova visited there in 1926 on
soon as we can. It doesn't sound like it's her world tour. Professor Helen Leach, a
anything too serious. We're a bit busy at the culinary anthropologist at the University of
moment but we can definitely get round to it Otago in New Zealand, has researched the
by Friday. So if you come around on Monday pavlova, and has compiled a library of
then I'm sure we'll have it up and running for cookbooks containing 667 pavlova recipes
you by then. Oh, hang on, Monday is a holiday from more than 300 sources. Her book, The
and we're closed, so pop round the next day Pavlova Story: A Slice of New Zealand’s
then. Culinary History, contains a timeline of
pavlova history which gives 1935 for the first
REPEAT Australian pavlova recipe and 1929 for the
recipe in the rural magazine NZ Dairy Exporter
Eight. You hear someone talking about his Annual. It has been claimed that Bert Sachse
journey to work. How does he feel about it? originated the dish at the Esplanade Hotel in
Perth, Australia in 1935. A relative of Sachse's
A It's relaxing. wrote to Leach suggesting that Sachse
B It's stressful. possibly got the year wrong when dating the
C It takes too long. recipe, but Leach replied they wouldn't find
evidence for that, ‘simply because it's just not
I know most people hate it... it's stressful, it showing up in the cookbooks until really the
takes too long... it's hell they say. But for me... 1940s in Australia.’ Of such arguments
well... it's the only time I get to myself really. Matthew Evans, a restaurant critic for the
When I'm at work the phone's ringing non- Sydney Morning Herald said it was unlikely a
stop... at home the kids are either screaming definitive answer about the pavlova's origins
or wanting help with their homework. So it's a would ever be found. ‘People have been doing
time I can just slip on some good music and meringue with cream for a long time, I don't
sort of switch off. Actually I wish it took two think Australia or New Zealand were the first
hours instead of one! to think of doing that,’ he said. Pavlova is
made by beating egg whites to a very stiff
That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2. consistency before folding in caster sugar,
white vinegar, cornstarch, and sometimes
CD 2 – TRACK 7
vanilla, and slow-baking the mixture similarly
You’ll hear part of a radio documentary to meringue. This makes the outside of the
about a dessert. For questions 9-18, pavlova a crisp crunchy shell, while the
complete the sentences. interior remains soft and moist. The pavlova's
internal consistency is thus completely
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meringue, having more of a soft marshmallow called me over and said he had an important
texture. This difference is due to the addition new client with a French wife who didn't
of cornstarch, the use of which is the defining speak a word of English, and would I show her
feature of a pavlova recipe. Pavlova is around the city for the day while her husband
traditionally decorated with a topping of was in a company meeting. There was nothing
whipped cream and fresh fruit, such as I could do about it. I couldn't just tell him the
strawberries and kiwifruit. Raspberry is a truth. So I spent the day with her. Luckily she
popular topping in the United Kingdom, with didn't let me get a word in edgeways and I just
the tartness of raspberries contrasting with smiled and nodded at appropriate moments.
the sweetness of sugar. Factory-made The next day I was sure my boss would ask to
pavlovas can be purchased at supermarkets see me and that would be it; I'd be history.
and decorated as desired. A commercial But he never did – I don't think the wife even
product is available that includes pre-mixed noticed I hardly spoke a word.
ingredients for baking the meringue shell,
requiring only the addition of water and sugar. Speaker 3
Te Papa, New Zealand's national museum in
Wellington, celebrated its first birthday in It was a work placement really, but I'd still
February 1999 with the creation of the world’s consider it my first job. I mean, I worked the
largest pavlova, named ‘Pavzilla’, cut by the same hours as everybody else, mucked in with
Prime Minister of New Zealand of the time, everybody else. I'd never really thought about
Jenny Shipley. the work they did before, but that time really
opened my eyes. By the time the placement
That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3. ended and I had to leave, I'd made up my
mind. There was no way I was going into a
CD 2 – TRACK 8 boring 9 to 5 office job just for the money. I
was going to spend my life helping people.
You will hear five different people talking And that's why I became a paramedic.
about their first job. For questions 19-23
choose from the list A-F to say what each Speaker 4
person says about it. Use the letters only
once. There is one extra letter which you do Some friends and I went to France to spend
not need to use. the summer picking fruit, just moving from
place to place wherever the work was. I
Speaker 1 suppose we had an over-romantic idea about
the whole thing. We had no idea just how
It was only a summer job when I was at back breaking the work would be. The amount
university; just a couple of months work and of different things we picked – strawberries,
the pay was awful. I suppose I was just young, grapes, apples, raspberries, pears – it didn't
I didn't take it seriously... I think if I'm honest, matter what it was – at the end of the day you
I thought it was beneath me… I was an could hardly move. Anyway we had to cut the
academic after all… I thought I could do it with whole thing short and come back to Scotland.
my eyes closed. Anyway, one day the boss I got a twig caught in my eye while we were
came over and told me that if I didn't improve picking pears and the pain was unbearable,
he would have no choice but to sack me. I there was no way I could carry on working
think I was so embarrassed that I began to after that.
take it seriously and everything turned out OK.
I spent the money I'd earned on a holiday in Speaker 5
Greece.
A dogsbody, that's the word! I suppose you
Speaker 2 have to expect it at that age and in your first
job, but at the time it really got to me. I don't
I suppose it was a bit of a silly thing to do know if I expected to be doing more
really. I put it on my CV that I spoke fluent important things or what, but I'd come home
French. Rather stretching the truth, to say the boiling with rage thinking ‘that's it! Tomorrow
least. I could just about order a coffee if I had I quit!’ ‘Cup of tea, Darren, fill up the
to. Well, I didn't think much about it, doubted photocopier with paper, Darren, clean the
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know from one day to the next what I'd be He said that he was sure that I would come to
spending my day doing. think of my time at the school in a completely
different light. I told him that I was sure I
That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4. would not. Although of course over the last
thirty years I have had dreadfully unhappy
CD 2 – TRACK 9 days in my life, I found that my conclusions
then – that there was nothing that could ever
You will hear an author talking about his time
be so bad as my time in boarding school –
at school. For questions 24-30, choose the
were indeed proved to be quite correct.
best answer A, B or C.
That is the end of part 4.
When I was 8 years old my family followed the
ancient family tradition and packed me off to CD 2 – TRACK 10
a moderately expensive public school in
Cumbria. I hated almost every day that I spent TEST 6
there. My very first term was a disaster and I
found it very difficult to settle in. Life in a Now open your question paper and look at
boarding school can be almost impossible, Part 1. You’ll hear people talking in eight
especially if you aren't that happy at home, different situations. For questions 1–8,
which I wasn't at the time. I did miss a nice choose the best answer A,B or C.
home-cooked meal though; the food at the
school was dreadful. Apart from having to One. You hear part of a nature programme
follow all the rules and time-honoured on television. What does it say about the
customs, you were never left alone, even for a Scarlet King Snake?
minute – you were always with another boy at
all times. I have always enjoyed my own A It’s not poisonous.
company and a bit of solitude, so day-to-day B It’s poisonous.
life at school was very hard for me, although C They are very big.
the other boys didn't seem to mind it. In the
first term there I developed a nasty cough. The Scarlet King snake is a type of king snake
The school nurse said it was nothing and gave that is found in the Eastern portion of the
me some pills to take. However, a short time United States, particularly Florida. It is a
afterwards, playing rugby in a snowstorm, I subspecies of the milk snake. They are found
suddenly felt I couldn't breathe properly and in pine flatwoods, hardwood hammocks,
was taken to hospital with a nasty dose of prairies, cultivated fields, and suburban areas.
bronchitis and pneumonia. As soon as I It is significantly smaller than some of the
arrived at the hospital they put me into a other king snakes, usually well under 20
small room with another boy who was also inches long. The maximum recorded length
very ill. He eventually died and I'm told, so did was 68.5cm (27 inches). Neonates (newborns)
I nearly. My main memory of my time in can be as small as 3 and a half inches. The
hospital was that the nurses on duty in the snake has a tri-colour pattern of black, red,
evening used to get together in my room and and yellow bands that imitate the venomous
play scrabble and chat. That they were coral snake. A method to help differentiate
keeping me awake with the light on and their between venomous and non venomous tri-
talk didn't seem to worry them in the colour snakes in North America is found in the
slightest. When I had recovered I was sent popular phrases ‘red on yellow, kill a fellow;
home for a few weeks to convalesce and so red on black venom lack’ or ‘If red touches
missed almost all the school term. When I yellow, you're a dead fellow; if red touches
eventually returned to school, I was sent to black, you're all right, Jack’ and ‘Red and black
bed early because of my illness… and so finally is a friend of Jack’. Juvenile specimens of this
I got to have a brief period to myself every snake usually have the same colours as adults,
day. Later in the term I was allowed to go to but often have rings that look more ‘off white’
the school library alone which was another than yellow. As they become mature, their
great improvement. The day I left school the rings turn more yellow.
headmaster came up to me to say goodbye
REPEAT
and asked if it was a sad day for me. I told him
that in fact it was the happiest day of my life.
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Two. You hear two friends meeting. Where get what you pay for really, and that’s the
are they? reason they might have become fashionable.

A at the cinema REPEAT

B in a restaurant
C in a shop Four. You hear a traffic report on the radio.
Which road is closed?
M Hi Tony, I didn’t expect to bump into
you here. How’s it going? A the A613
B the B403
M Fine thanks. Well, I just read about it C the A614
in the local paper, I thought it
sounded interesting. And now traffic news for motorists travelling
in North Nottinghamshire.
M Me too. From the review I didn’t Due to a building fire at a farm close to the
expect to be able to get a table. B403 High Street in Repton, traffic is closed
both ways on the A613. Police are directing
M Me neither, but if you look at these traffic. Motorists travelling between
prices, I can see why people were put Nottingham and Worksop are advised to take
off. the A614 or alternatively leave the B403 at
Collymore before joining the A630 at
M You reckon? it doesn’t seem Sheringham. Now for rail news…
unreasonable to me. And look over
there, that’s Brett Flick. It’s not every REPEAT
day you can say you spent the
evening in the same place as a Five. You hear a young woman talking about
Hollywood star. a man she has just met. What does she think
of him?
M I suppose not. Anyway, I’d better be
getting back. We’re sitting over A He’s fascinating.
there, near the entrance. B He’s intelligent.
C He’s boring.
REPEAT
Well, I didn’t really know much about him. I’d
Three. You hear someone talking about seen him around the office of course, you
buying clothes. How does he choose his couldn’t help noticing him… those piercing
clothes? blue eyes and long, dark hair... honestly he
looks like a film star. So I was thrilled when he
A He chooses the most fashionable.
asked me to dinner. All the girls in my
B He chooses the most expensive
department were envious. But as it turns out,
brands.
you can’t judge a book by its cover. I thought
C He buys comfortable clothes.
he’d be really interesting, that we’d hit it off
really well… then we’d get married and have
Well, people often say to me that I must be a children...[laughing]. Well from the moment
dedicated follower of fashion. They say I we arrived at the restaurant, the only thing he
always buy fancy designer stuff. But that’s not talked about was his ex-girlfriend and football.
really the case. OK some of them might Do I look like I’m going to be that interested in
happen to be all the rage at the moment, but football? Really, I couldn’t wait for the evening
that’s not why. I’m not throwing my money to end.
around on a whim. Over the years I’ve come REPEAT
to trust certain brands. I’m quite comfortable
paying a hundred pounds on a pair of jeans if I
know they’re going to last me for years. If I got
some supermarket own brand jeans, they’d be
falling apart in 6 months, so it’s not really
saving you any money in the long run. They
cost more because they’re better quality, you
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Six. You hear a theatre director talking to an have a rummage around in the
actor. How does she want him to do the bathroom, see if we’ve got any cream
scene? we can put on it for you.

A in the same way as before REPEAT

B very differently
C like a famous actor did it before Eight. You hear someone talking to their
friend about dreams. What happens in her
It’s just... well… too reminiscent of Sir Larry dreams?
Guilgood really. I know he made this part his
own. It’s the touchstone performance, one we A She flies.
can’t really forget about. The image of him as B She falls.
Hamlet is probably the one we all think of C She loses her teeth.
when we think of Hamlet on stage. But it was
over 50 years ago, we can’t just go on doing it
I was reading about it in a magazine,
in the same way. You’re your own man, John,
apparently it’s really common. One of the big
a great actor in your own right. I believe you
three. There’s the one in which you can fly,
can go all the way, so you’re just shooting
just zoom off into the air… this means you’re
yourself in the foot really if you mimic Sir
content with life and feel you have the
Larry. I want to see more of you in Hamlet and
potential to succeed, then there’s the other
less Guilgood. OK. That’s it for today,
side of the coin, where you plunge down from
rehearsals start at 7 tomorrow, everybody.
the sky, which expresses fear of failure or lack
And don’t be late.
of self esteem. Now mine is considerably
REPEAT worse. I wake up with such a fright and have
to go to the mirror to make sure they haven’t
Seven. You hear a conversation between a all fallen out. Apparently it reveals great
man and a young woman. Who is the man? anxiety and the fear of getting older.

A a doctor REPEAT
B a chemist
C her father That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2.

CD 3 – TRACK 1
M Well, I must say that doesn’t look
You will hear a promotional talk about a
very comfortable, young lady. How
language school. For questions 9-18,
did that happen?
complete the sentences.
F I was out in the garden and I must
Learn Hungarian in beautiful Budapest.
have just fallen asleep. I had sunblock
on as well, factor 20. Come to our office and we will be happy to
assist you in any way we can during your stay
M That just means how long you can
in Budapest. Here is some information about
spend in the sun without running the
us.
risk of damage to the skin. If you
Our two-week courses of Hungarian language
were asleep for more than 40
and culture were first offered in 1997. Initially,
minutes, you were bound to burn.
we offered one two-week session during
F It really hurts, and I look ridiculous. winter 1997 and one during summer 1997.
What’s Nigel going to say when he They met with broad interest and were very
comes round, I’m supposed to be well received. We therefore scheduled two
meeting all his new friends from two-week sessions during both winter and
medical school tonight at a party. I summer 1998. Since then the number of
just can’t go, he’ll be so ashamed of sessions and the numbers of groups and
me. language levels in every session have
continued to grow, and we now offer 5-6
M There, there, don’t be silly, I’m sure sessions in winter/spring (February to April)
he won’t be in the slightest. Listen, I’ll and 8-9 sessions in summer/autumn (July to
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October). there, and other options depending on your
In the period from February 1997 to October interest, but since the individually arranged
2008 over 2,500 people participated in our courses do not constitute a package (as
Bulgarian courses. Our courses continue to regular two-week sessions do), there will be
attract more and more interest, and the additional charges.
number of participants (who have been If you participate in an individually arranged
between 18 and 71 years of age) is constantly course during a time period when our regular
rising. The high standard of our courses and sessions take place, you will be able to
their attractiveness are shown not only by the participate in the regular cultural program at a
fact that many participants have returned to modest fee. We will also gladly advise you on
Budapest several times to continue studying cultural events in Budapest and help you plan
Hungarian with us (returning participants your free time in Budapest. Please consult the
constitute 15-20% of all course participants), Accommodation page on our website for the
but also by the results of surveys which are regular two-week sessions. We can offer you
conducted at the end of every session. The the same three kinds of accommodation when
surveys assess all components of the course, you participate in an individually arranged
and the average overall mark given to the course. In this case the price for lodgings is
course by the participants is usually around not included in the course price. Charges will
4.5 on our 5-point grading scale. Both then be as follows:
Hungarian and Russian language courses are
conducted by qualified native speakers. The For the first week in a single room in a private
level of instruction is adjusted to your needs flat or house, 80 euros a week and 50 euros
or those of the group. We are also open to for additional weeks. Or for a separate, self-
your suggestions concerning vocabulary and contained flat, 130 euros for the first week
subjects covered; here, too we are willing to and 100 euros for every additional week.
accommodate your needs and expectations.
You are free to choose dates, duration and That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3.
intensity (number of lessons per day) of an
CD 3 – TRACK 2
individually arranged course. Lessons can start
on any working day. The only limitation: the You will hear five different people talking
minimum length of an individualised course is about cosmetic surgery. For questions 19-23
five days of classes (not necessarily on choose from the list A-F to say how each
consecutive days) and the minimum number person feels about it. Use the letters only
of classes per day is 2, each lasting 45 once. There is one extra letter which you do
minutes. The fee per lesson (of 45 minutes) not need to use.
depends on the length and intensity of the
course and on the number of people in a Speaker 1
group. For a typical individual course of 20
lessons (5 days, 4 lessons a day) the fee per If you wake up after surgery with the face of a
lesson is 14 Euros, or a total of 280 Euros. For 20-year-old, where does it stop? What’s
a much longer and more intensive course, the wrong with growing old gracefully? The lines
fee per lesson may be somewhat lower, and around my eyes come from years of laughter.
for group lessons it may be somewhat higher And the marks on my tummy are the result of
(the fee is understood as per lesson per group; my two beautiful daughters. I'm happy,
the fee for the individual participant will then healthy and, in my 50s, more comfortable in
be substantially lower). The exact fee will be my skin than ever. Why would I want to risk
negotiated individually, depending on the that? I am a 50-year-old woman and nothing's
specific circumstances. (For example, if you going to change that. I admit I like to look
wish to register and start a course at short good, but I believe you put in to get out. I go
notice, or for a time when demand is to the gym three times a week and I'm
especially high, it may be difficult or training for a 10K race. I believe being
impossible for us to offer you the price quoted outdoors is good for the mind, body and soul
above.) Please consult the Cultural program and that shows in your face.
page on our website for the regular two-week
sessions (and the websites mentioned there).
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Speaker 2 all those people who are on that TV show
where they go into it looking old, fat or with
I was confident about my body in my 20s and big noses and come out beautiful... well no
with good reason. I had a great figure and one knows what the effects of this surgery will
worked as a part-time model. I didn't worry have on them 30 years from now.
about losing my looks – I just never imagined
it would happen. Six months after marrying Speaker 5
John I became an air hostess. Then, eight
years later, I became pregnant and gave up We’ve been doing it as long as there have
flying. Free of the pressures from work to stay been humans. People used dyes on their
slim, I indulged in all my favourite treats. In faces, piercings on various parts of their
my mid-40s I didn't turn heads any more and I bodies. You name it. In certain parts of the
no longer felt attractive. I got talking to a word people elongate their necks, in others
friend who'd had a facelift and decided I they put plates in their lips to make them
wanted surgery. The results were life- bigger. And I know in the east it was very
changing. I felt like I had rolled back 20 years common to bind the legs of children so that
and having a smooth neck and tighter skin the feet wouldn’t grown big. We all want to
made me feel like the old Libby I knew and look good and if the technology is in place to
loved. I felt like I had turned the clock back. achieve that, then we’re bound to seriously
consider it. I don’t really see it as any different
Speaker 3 to getting a tattoo or having your ears
pierced. I wouldn’t consider it myself though,
If you ask me, having plastic surgery doesn’t but that’s because I’m scared of needles and
address the heart of the matter. Obviously surgery. But I fully understand why people do
people who go through it are insecure about it.
something - lacking in self-esteem. I know we
live in a society obsessed with how you look, That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4.
but giving yourself a smaller nose or a larger
chest, I don’t see how that can make you feel CD 3 – TRACK 3
any better about yourself in the long term. It
all seems a bit shallow to me. I think as long as You will hear an interview with an expert on
you value yourself and love yourself for who maritime disasters, June Harmann. For
you are, that’s the most important thing. The questions 24-30, choose the best answer A, B
rest is just trivial. I mean, we never fall in love or C.
with people just for their looks, do we? We
M I think if we thought of a maritime
fall in love with the person themselves.
disaster, June, most of us would tend
Speaker 4 to think of the Titanic, why is that,
was it the worst such tragedy?
Plastic surgery can and often does improve
one’s appearance – rhinoplasty, for example, F Well, it was a terrible tragedy, Keith,
has improved many a big nose or bump in a there’s no denying that. It claimed
nose. If you are having plastic surgery to the lives of more than 1,500 people,
correct a flaw or defect that has seriously but in terms of the number of
affected your life, then as long as you are fully fatalities, there are far worse
informed of all the risks, then by all means go disasters. The Tek Sing in China in
for it... Here’s another thing to consider about 1822 left 1,600 dead; more recently
any surgery – I was born with several the Le Joola in Senegal with 1,800
deformities and congenital defects that were deaths and a few others until you get
operated on numerous times during my life to the worst peacetime maritime
(I’m 56 now) ... there are long term affects of disaster in history, the Doña Paz in
these surgeries... I have severe problems with 1987 which left an estimated 4,341
my heart and my lungs now, and have been dead. I think the reason we all think
told that if I need another operation where of the Titanic is of course because
they use general anesthetics, I could die... so, we’ve all seen the films and read
if you are having plastic surgery, I would about it, but moreover because we’re
really think seriously of the long term affects... rather parochial and often are more

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 concerned with things closer to F Well for the worst disaster, in terms
home, after all, it was a British ship of loss of life, you’d probably have to
travelling to New York, than we are look at the failed Spanish Armada in
with events which are somewhat off 1588. Spain lost between 15 and 20
our radar, occurring on the other side thousand soldiers and sailors. Some
of the world. were sunk by English ships but the
majority of losses came about due to
M You might be right there, June, I can’t unusually strong Atlantic storms
say I’ve heard much about the which led many of the Spanish to
disasters you mentioned. Tell us drown, while many others died from
more about the Doña Paz, how could starvation and disease as their ships
so many people have been on the were unable to anchor along the
ship, and how could so many have coasts of Scotland or Ireland. As the
died? Spanish King said in the aftermath ‘I
sent the armada against men, not
F In terms of the number of people on God’s winds’.
the ship, that’s an issue of some
dispute. The original passenger M So just how safe are we at sea, June?
capacity of the ferry when it was built
and called the Ryukyu Kaiun Kaisha, F Oh I’d say pretty safe, relatively
was 608 people. But after it had been speaking. If you’re travelling with a
sold to a ferry company in the reputable company and in a boat
Philipines, it was renamed the Doña equipped for the environment it’s in,
Paz and officially had a capacity of you’re statistically safe. Look at it this
1,492 passengers and 60 crew. But a way, an estimated 1.5 million people
revised passenger manifest showed in the UK travelled on cruise ships
1,583 passengers and 58 crew, with last year alone. And we’re no longer
675 more passengers getting on at so much at the mercy of bad
Tacloban City and another 908 at weather.
Catbalogan. There have also been
claims that it was quite common for M And one last thing, June. It seems a
the crew to sell further places aboard strange thing to have written a book
the ship. Why so many of these about, can you tell us why exactly
people lost their lives is due to a you became interested in this field?
combination of reasons. What
happened was this: during the night, F It’s difficult to say, I suppose I’ve
as passengers slept, many on the always had a bit of a morbid
floor of the corridors and the decks, fascination with the sea. It always
the Doña Paz collided with an oil seemed a bit of a dangerous,
tanker on its way from Bataan to mysterious place to me. And I do
Masbate. The Vector was carrying remember seeing an old black and
8,800 barrels of gasoline and other white film about the Titanic when I
petroleum products. Upon the was a kid, which I remember I found
collision, the tanker’s cargo ignited spellbinding. But to be honest I’d say
and caused a fire that spread onto the truth is much more mundane,
the Doña Paz. Survivors claimed that simply, I was contracted to write the
the lights onboard the Doña Paz had book by the publisher’s, so I did my
gone out, that there were no life research and here you are... A History
jackets on board the ferry and that of Maritime Disasters by June
none of the crew were giving any Harmann.
orders. People who survived the fire
That is the end of part 4.
had to jump into the shark infested
water below.

M You said earlier that these were the

worst peacetime disasters. What
about wartime?
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CD 3 – TRACK 4
About time too, we've been crying out for this
TEST 7 for years. Kids have had to travel into
Nottcaster. It took my nephew close to an
Now open your question paper and look at hour to get in there by bus and after his
Part 1. You’ll hear people talking in eight various sports teams he wasn't getting home
different situations. For questions 1–8, until nearly nine o'clock. Finally it looks like
choose the best answer A, B or C. they're doing something for this community
instead of spending money on things there's
One. You hear a man talking about a sport.
no real need for. I mean, that procession last
Why did he stop playing the sport?
year… what was that for? A waste of money if
A Because of injury. you ask me.

B He no longer enjoyed it. REPEAT

C He doesn't have enough time. Four. You a hear woman talking about her
job. What is she worried about?
Well, I've got to say, much as I liked taking
part, it got a bit too much in the end. What A She doesn't have the necessary skills.
with training twice a week and then the match B She has too much work to do.
on Sunday... and I'm not getting any younger. I C She might lose her job.
found I needed Monday and Tuesday just to
recover from all the aches and pains. And I've Well, there have been rumours flying around
got so much on my plate at the moment... I've for months. You just hope that it's not going
found that since I stopped it has really freed to be you. I know it sounds selfish but our
up my week and I can see a lot more of the department is one of the most productive in
family than I did. the whole company; we don't get a moment's
peace. But... it turns out that the whole
REPEAT company is suffering and there'll be large
scale redundancies. Hopefully if they let me go
Two. You hear a woman talking about a
I can find something similar; I'm too old now
recent purchase. Where did she buy it?
to retrain and do something completely
A in a shop different.

B on the Internet REPEAT

C at a local market Five. You hear an advertisement for a

holiday. What kind of holiday is being
I just browsed their catalogue on their advertised?
website, made a note of the model number
and drove into their out-of-town place to pay A a cruise
for it and pick it up. I must say they're B a safari
certainly doing good business... queues like C an activity holiday
you wouldn't believe. You can see why the
local furniture market is suffering; the whole How would you like to sleep on the banks of
town must have been in there buying things majestic Lake Victoria, listening to the gentle
for the house or garden. lapping of the lake on the shore, and the
wildlife of the nearby National Reserve Park?
REPEAT Just what you need after an action-packed day
of canoeing, rock climbing or scuba diving.
Three. You hear somebody talking about a Lake Victoria Hotel offers 2 weeks in its luxury
new school. What does the person think compound, where you can do as much or as
about it? little as your heart desires. See our website for
further details.
A It is needed.
B It isn't needed. REPEAT
C It's too far away.
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Six. You hear somebody discussing a radio chance of going all the way and winning the
programme. What kind of programme was cup this year.
it?
REPEAT
A a political debate
B a quiz programme That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2.
C a comedy
CD 3 – TRACK 5
It's a joke really, they were putting so many
You’ll hear a talk about an arts festival. For
questions to him and he didn't have a clue. I
questions 9-18, complete the sentences.
really don't think he stands a chance of
winning the next election if he carries on like Brian Daniels, co-founder of The Wentworth
this. I had to laugh when they asked him Art Fair, has announced that a controversial
about his foreign policy... his answer just collection of Phillipa West will be the subject
seemed to make no sense at all. He came over of this year's Wentworth art festival
as a bit of a clown. symposium. The two-day event will bring
together an international panel of experts to
REPEAT view the Marta Costello Collection made up of
approximately 1,200 drawings, journals,
Seven. You hear somebody talking about a
letters, paintings and other items whose
piece of furniture. How does he feel about it?
owners maintain are made by Phillipa West.
Some experts on the artist’s work have
A It's too big.
questioned the authenticity of the collection.
B It was difficult to assemble.
The panel will present an overview of the
C It was too expensive.
methods and challenges of authenticating
newly revealed art works. Of particular
Well, I thought that at that price you can't go
interest, in conjunction with the Wentworth
wrong. But I started to regret it once I saw the
Art Fair symposium, a group of the disputed
size of the box, it only just fit into the car. The
objects will be on view for the first time in the
thing with these flat pack things... there's just
United Kingdom. The symposium will take
so many bits and pieces. When I got home and
place Saturday, February 6 and Sunday,
started looking at the instructions... well... I
February 7, from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at
didn't know which was up and which was
the Cheeseman Gallery at Dame Doris Brown
down. Finally I got it all together and it fits
High School for the Performing and Visual
quite well next to the sofa. Hopefully it will
Arts, 13 Church Street. Admission is included
stay upright for a while, although I can't be
in the purchase of an Art Fair ticket. Daily
certain it will.
tickets are 10 pounds and a three-day pass is
25 pounds. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m.,
REPEAT
seating is limited and is on a first come, first
Eight. You hear somebody talking about their served basis. Visit
plans for the weekend. What are they going www.wentworthartfestival.com for further
to see? details. Approximately 20 objects from the
Marta Costello Collection, including paintings,
A a concert drawings, journal pages and other items, will
B a film be exhibited, and for the first time will provide
C a football match experts the opportunity to examine the
controversial material. The Wentworth Art
Well, when I saw the adverts for tickets, I Fair Symposium panels will bring together the
jumped at the chance. It's years since they've owners of the Costello material, experts they
played here. I suppose it's all down to their have enlisted to examine the material, the
new manager, he's really got them playing publisher of a recently released book on the
well. What an atmosphere it will be... the collection, plus scholars and art dealers who
lights, the singing, the drama of it all.... I can't have followed the controversy since it began.
wait. It's great that this town can stage an The moderator will be Michael Edward Hall,
event like this. And they've got a really good art historian, critic and correspondent for Art
Newspaper. Moderator and journalist Michael
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Edward Hall says, ‘The discussion will range help but wonder how you'd react in the same
from the specific – a description of the situation. It's quite compulsive, it really is.
Costello archive – to general questions about
how newly discovered artworks are received Speaker 2
and evaluated by the scholarly community
and the market.’ Welsh artist Philipa West is Don't get me started on that... I can't tell you
among the most popular and beloved women the amount of arguments I've had with my
painters of the 20th century. Her paintings, flatmates about it. They have it on for hours
which can command large sums, describe a every day. Day in day out. I think it's ludicrous.
life full of joy and love for her husband, the What on earth people find so fascinating
painter Donald Rivers. Today she is an icon, about it, I'll never know. They just spend
and even scraps of paper associated with her hours sitting around chattering about the
are valued not only financially but also as most trivial things. And the people they get to
relics of a legendary historical figure. Her go on it... I wouldn't want to have to spend
reputation is such that the Welsh Arts Council half an hour sitting next to them on the bus,
has designated her work ‘National Patrimony’ let alone choose to watch them on television.
and restricted its trade and export. Little They just want to be famous without actually
wonder that the Costello collection of Phillipa having any sort of talent. No, why it's become
West material has come under such intense so popular is beyond me.
scrutiny. Even before the works became
Speaker 3
widely known with the April release of the
illustrated book Finding Phillipa West the These days I can't say I watch it. I used to
collection became the focus of numerous when it first started. Then it seemed to have
articles in major publications in Europe. Some some sort of intellectual facade... like it was a
reports celebrated the discovery of new social experiment. They'd have a psychologist
material related to West while others analysing each of the housemates' behaviour
questioned the authenticity of the objects and and I found that really interesting. What's
challenged their publication. The Wentworth more I'd notice some of that behaviour in my
Art Fair Symposium will look into the issues everyday life and I'd be able to relate what I'd
surrounding the collection and its still learnt... I've always been fascinated in body
unresolved status. language and things like that. But the last few
series they seem to have just forgotten about
That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3.
that side of things and it's just entertainment,
CD 3 – TRACK 6 a circus act for people desperate for their 15
minutes of fame.
You will hear five different people talking
about a television programme. For questions Speaker 4
19-23 choose from the list A-F what each
The first couple of series, I never missed an
person says about it. Use the letters only
episode but I must say that my interest has
once. There is one extra letter which you do
faded a bit. I have it on every now and again
not need to use.
but I can't say I could even tell you all the
Speaker 1 names of the contestants. Though there's one
guy called Tony of course. I remember him
It's a bit of a guilty pleasure really. It's not the because he looks like my boyfriend's brother
sort of thing I would normally have any and they even have the same name. He's
interest in. I just happened to be browsing rather embarrassed about it actually... people
through one of the tabloids when I was at the keep coming up to him and asking him if he's
dentist's and I noticed that one of the people Tony... and what can he say? He is Tony. We
in it went to my old school. Not that I knew were all at the cinema with him last week
her of course, I must be at least ten years when somebody asked him for his
older than her. But that evening I switched it autograph... I thought he'd just explode!
on and I've been hooked ever since. I don't
think I'd ever really understood the appeal
before... but the thing is, they've put ordinary
people in an unreal situation and you can't
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Speaker 5 F One of the most contentious areas
when living in a shared household
I couldn't tell you a thing about it I'm afraid. I has got to be cleanliness, or lack
know it's tremendously popular and I'm thereof. Some people are, frankly,
always hearing people at work or on the train lazy. At the other end of the scale,
talking about the people who are on it... and some flatmates hover over you while
the way they talk about them... you'd think you're eating your dinner and when
they were friends or neighbours. I've got you pause at the end of your meal,
nothing against it really, and there must be they demand you wash up your plate
something to it if so many people are addicted immediately. There are several
to it... it's just that I've been going to pilates approaches to this problem and you
classes three times a week and by the time I and your flatmates will have to
get home it's nearly over... and besides, my decide which is the best approach for
favourite detective show... McCallister is just you. Maybe the best and most
about to start on the other side, so I sit down obvious idea is to make a rota. Some
and watch that, I never miss it. It's great! people find this restrictive, but it's a
fair system and if you work it out well
That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4. beforehand, it can really pay off. It's
up to you how you arrange it: you
CD 3 – TRACK 7
could make sure each person takes
You will hear an interview with a responsibility for one room or
psychologist about sharing houses. For alternate all the jobs that need to be
questions 24-30, choose the best answer A, B done. However, it is essential that
or C. everyone sticks to the plan,
otherwise half of you will feel
M Moving away from home is a big step resentful and the others will feel
and one most of us make when we guilty. Sometimes it can be difficult to
go off to college or university. The keep up with the rota due to
chances are you'll find yourself changing circumstances, so factor in
sharing a house or a flat. We've some flexibility – think about taking
invited Dr. Victoria Millington into turns for having a week off, for
the studio to discuss problems with example.
sharing accommodation and
strategies for anticipating and dealing M What are other common problems?
with them.
F Space is another serious matter. In
F Sharing a house or a flat can be order to get on well with your
daunting, but it can be fun, too. One flatmates, communal space is
of the most rewarding things about important. Just think about it. Living
living in a shared household is the in a flat with no meeting place other
social side. There's always someone than a small kitchen, say, will mean
to talk to; you never have to be alone that you'll never get friendlier than
unless you wish to be. Among the just saying hello politely and
best times you'll have living with exchanging a few words. It's a bit sad
others is when you share with when everyone goes back to their
friends. Also, it's very handy to share own room. So when you're choosing
if you want to move out of home, but somewhere to live, think about
can't afford your own flat. And as whether or not you want to be
long as the basic rules and routines sociable. Your own space is
are clear, it's much more interesting important too. In the beginning, if
than living on your own. you're finding it tough to live with
other people, your own space is a
M What's the most common problem haven. It's somewhere where you
people face when sharing? can relax. In your own room, you can
calm down if you're feeling rather
'frazzled', which will make you better
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 company for when you meet up with people, but it helps if you have a
your flatmates. It also means that similar outlook and attitude to life.
you're not always getting under each It's no good if just one of you likes
other's feet. partying all night. Much better that
you all do. If you're all into hiking or
M And what kind of people is it best to cycling, you'll understand better that
live with? equipment left all over the hall is a
fact of life.
F Once you've made friends and have
been living with them for a while, That is the end of part 4.
you'll come to realise that group
dynamics are important. There are CD 3 – TRACK 8
two options as regards living
TEST 8
arrangements: you can live with
friends or you can live with strangers. Now open your question paper and look at
Some people couldn't share a place Part 1.
with someone they don't know. For
one thing, you can be more You’ll hear people talking in eight different
accommodating to people you situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best
already know and like. For another, answer, A, B or C.
you might not know how much you
can trust them. However, moving in One. You hear someone talking about
with friends comes with a warning. something he has given up. What has he
What if you fall out over the washing given up?
up? Realising that you could easily
destroy a great friendship as A coffee
housemates, and preparing for that,
is one step towards harmony. But B sweets
you might not want to risk the cost of
C a hobby
a friendship and you could decide
that living with strangers is the best I wouldn't say I lead a particularly unhealthy
thing to do. After all, it could be fun, lifestyle, but on the other hand I wouldn't say
you never know who you might it's particularly healthy either. I've never really
meet. It's just as well to meet up with eaten enough fresh fruit or vegetables, but
your new flatmates before you sign then I've never really had much of a sweet
anything though. Think about going tooth either so I've never found it particularly
out with them for the evening. Or at hard to avoid chocolate or candy. I play tennis
least chat to them while you're almost every week and I can't see myself
looking around the place. Sometimes stopping for any reason. It's just that I think I
fate throws you together with people was drinking too much of it and I've heard it
and you get on famously. However, it can be bad for your liver as well as staining
can be a shock when you have to live your teeth, so I just decided to stop.
with people who you have nothing in
common with or who do things that REPEAT
you consider to be anti-social or odd.
If you have a choice, try to choose Two. You hear a woman talking about a place
people to live with whose behaviour she went to. Why did she visit it?
you think you can bear. If you don't A to meet a friend
like people playing heavy rock or acid
house music all day and night, don't B for work
live with them. If you think it's fine to
leave dirty socks out in the sitting C to go shopping
room, then make sure that you Well, Joan who I went to school with, was
choose people who are similarly always raving about it – she lived there for a
untidy. Being considerate is one of couple of years after university. So, when I
the fundamentals to living with other heard the annual company general meeting
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was going to be there, I couldn't wait. Not that Five. You hear a weather forecast on the
we got much free time to go sightseeing or radio. What will the weather be like on
anything. I'd really wanted to hit the shops; Sunday?
Joan said they were great with all sorts of
bargains. But in the end the only thing I A cloudy
managed to buy was a T-shirt at the airport. B sunny
C rainy
REPEAT
The weekend will start out chilly and overcast
Three. You hear somebody talking about a for much of the region but by Saturday
song. What does the person think about the lunchtime the clouds should give way and
song? temperatures will begin to rise, leaving us
with a lovely bright weekend… and the good
A He prefers the original. weather should stay with us until the middle
B He prefers the current version. of the week. From Wednesday, pressure
C He likes the film it comes from. moving in from the west will see a drop in
temperatures from mid-afternoon bringing
I'd say it's quite a rare thing. Cover versions with it the threat of wintery showers.
are usually awful. So, I was a bit sceptical at
first, but I have to admit they've done a great REPEAT
job and I'd rather listen to this new
interpretation. It's like films and film sequels... Six. You hear an announcement at a train
every so often a sequel comes along that station. What time will the train leave?
outshines the original... like SeaChase 2 is a
much better movie than the first one. I love it. A 4.40
B 4.20
REPEAT C 3.50

Four. You hear two people discussing a The delayed 15.13 service to Rocheston will
restaurant. What do they agree on? now arrive at platform 4b, 20 minutes later
than scheduled, departing at the later than
A It's expensive. advertised time of ten to four.
B The service isn't good. On behalf of RailTime UK we'd like to take this
C The food isn't very good. opportunity to apologise for any
inconvenience this may have caused our
M Really? I thought it was delicious... a clients.
real culinary experience.
F Maybe I went on a bad night then! I REPEAT
thought it was very disappointing –
especially at their prices. Seven. You hear two people discussing their
M Well, it's certainly not cheap... but new language class. How do they feel about
every so often you have to splash out... it?
push the boat out. I certainly couldn't
afford to eat there every week. A The teacher is boring.
F You can say that again! I couldn't B It is too difficult.
believe the bill when it arrived. And the C They like the teacher.
waiters were so snooty. You'd think it
was too much trouble just to bring me F Yes, I agree... She's much better than
a clean spoon. Riccardo.
M Are you sure we went to the same M Well that wouldn't be hard... all he did
place? They couldn't do enough for us was drone on and on about grammar
when we went. points... I thought I'd fall asleep
sometimes.
REPEAT F Ha! Me too! But I suppose it must be
difficult to make some of that material
interesting.

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M Sure! But Ana seems to be able to do it. stir it in. Give it another stir 5 minutes later to
I really enjoyed that activity we did stop the cream collecting at the top. Cover the
using the old paintings. container and then leave the milk to set in a
F Yeah! Come on, we'd better get back... warm place. The curd is normally ready when
the break is nearly over. it is firm to the touch. The curd is cut in order
to release the liquid whey. Cut down into the
REPEAT curd, from top to bottom one way then cut it
at right angles to form square columns. Stir
Eight. You hear somebody talking about a gently with the hand for a couple of minutes.
dress. What does she say about it? Gradually increase the temperature over the
next 30-40 minutes. The curds then gradually
A It's fashionable. sink to the bottom and collect at a central
B It doesn't fit her. point. Turn off the heat and leave the pan
C She wears it regularly. until all movement has ceased in the liquid.
Using a spoon take out as much of the liquid
I'm always thinking... when will I get to put it whey as possible, then place a sterilised cloth
on, but there's not much chance of it these over a stainless steel bucket or large basin and
days... it's not as if we go to fancy places all pour in the curds. Make the cloth into a
that often... especially with the kids being the bundle by winding one corner around the
age they are. I think I was just so thrilled that I other three. Place the bundle on a tray which
could still get into it after 20 years. I dug it out is tilted at an angle to let the whey drain
of the attic when I saw that style had made a away. Leave for about 15 minutes. Untie the
comeback. Every stylish young lady is wearing bundle and the curds will be seen to have
them these days. Though of course I'm not formed into a mass. Cut this into four slices
sure if I count as a young lady any more. and place one on top of the other then cover
with the cloth. After about fifteen minutes
That’s the end of Part 1. Now turn to Part 2. place the outer slices of the curd on the inside
of the stack, and vice versa. Repeat this
CD 3 – TRACK 9 process several times. Sprinkle 10g salt onto
the milled curds, rolling them gently without
You will hear a lecture about cheese-making.
breaking them further. You then need to press
For questions 9-18 complete the sentences.
the cheese. Pressing cheese is essentially a
Cheddar cheese is one of the great cheeses of process of compacting the curds while
the world. It is usually made with cow’s milk, extracting the liquid whey. For the first hour,
but I frequently make it from goat’s milk. apply a light pressure so that the fats are not
Goat’s and ewe’s milk both produce a slightly lost with the whey then increase it to the
softer curd than cow’s milk, and they require maximum and leave until the following day.
slightly reduced temperatures. The curds from Remove the cheese from the press and cloth,
these milks also need slightly less pressing. and dip it in hot water for one minute in order
Sterilise all the equipment in hot water and to consolidate and smooth the surface. Place
ensure that the room is not subject to cold it in a protected area and leave it to dry for a
draughts. Give yourself plenty of time, day or two until a rind begins to form. Once
without the possibility of interruptions. To the rind has formed, the cheese can be sealed
makes approximately half a kilo of Cheddar to prevent it becoming unduly desiccated
you will need 5 litres of full cream milk, 5ml of while it is maturing. The last stage is often the
liquid starter, 3ml of rennet and 10g of salt. all-important one. A cheese, which is tasteless
Pasteurise the milk to destroy unwanted and bland when freshly made, is full of flavour
bacteria. Cool to 21 degrees. Stir in the starter and body after being left long enough. Leave
and leave the milk, covered in a warm place to mature in a cool, dry place.
for about an hour so that it can acidify. Don’t
leave it for much longer than this otherwise That’s the end of Part 2. Now turn to Part 3.
the cheese may be too dry and crumbly.
Increase the temperature to 28 degrees for
goat’s or ewe’s milk, or to 30 for cow’s milk.
Mix the rennet with two teaspoonfuls of
previously boiled and cooled water and then
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CD 3 – TRACK 10 Speaker 4

You will hear five different people talking My nephew was telling me all about it. I'm not
about an internet website. For questions 19- sure if he was in favour of it or not. He sort of
23 choose from the list A-F to say what each lost me halfway through to be honest. But
person feels about it. Use the letters only from what I gather – and you can laugh at me
once. There is one extra letter which you do – I am a former history teacher after all – far
not need to use. reaching changes often occur in the
commercial world. Look at a couple of
Speaker 1 hundred years ago – only the local nobility
had the right to own an oven and everybody
If you ask me, if something is in unlimited had to pay to use it – and at that time, that
supply then it can't be stolen. These music was considered perfectly natural. Still... what
companies will just have to adapt their do I know? I wouldn't even know how to go
business model... move with the times. In fact about using it.
in the long run I would say that it helps the
artists themselves rather than hindering Speaker 5
them... the people that use this website and
listen to new music on it are far more likely to I'm dead against it. It's not so much the artists
fork out for concert tickets or T-shirts or themselves or the record companies I'm
whatever. I don't think it's the artists concerned about, it's the retailers. There used
themselves who are complaining, more their to be a great little record store on the High
record companies who are afraid sooner or Street. I'd spend hours just rifling through the
later the artists and the public are just going old albums and 45s there... I'd been going
to cut out the middleman. there ever since I was 17 or 18. But it shut
down about 6 months ago. What's happened
Speaker 2 to the guy who owned it or the three others
who worked there? I can only think it's
I can see why so many artists are against it... I websites like this that are to blame... and it's a
mean... it's their job after all... how they make shame really.
a living. People shouldn't be allowed to just
help themselves whenever they like. It doesn't That’s the end of Part 3. Now turn to Part 4.
matter how much money they have now, how
many cars or how many houses. People just CD 3 – TRACK 11
wouldn't drive off in some pop singer's car, or
walk into one of their houses and help You will hear an interview with a rock singer,
themselves to a chair or a lamp, would they? I Michael Michaels. For questions 24-30,
stopped using it really when I saw one of my choose the best answer A, B or C.
favourite singers talking about it on TV and he
said he was thinking of retiring... it wasn't F So, what sort of things do you enjoy
worth it any more… he'd be better off opening doing if you're not on the road or in
a café he said. the studio?

Speaker 3 M When I'm not working I like doing the

things that everybody else does. I like
If I use the website and listen to something pottering around in the garden,
from it, I can't see how that could be cooking up a storm in the kitchen,
considered theft. I'm not depriving anybody of going out to the shops. When I'm at
anything. Whoever owns – if that's the right my holiday home in Palma de
word – the music he or she still has it. I Mallorca, I like nothing better than
haven't taken it away from him or her, and, to getting up really early and nipping
be honest, I'd be far more likely to go out and down to the local bakery just as it's
buy something if I hear it and enjoy it – which opening and buying some of their
I generally do – more often than not in fact – fresh pastries and then wandering
especially with my favourite artists. And it's a around the local craft fair and picking
great way to discover new favourites. up the odd piece.

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F I've heard you're quite a gourmet, matter how many people know who
Michael, is that true? you are or how many people buy
your albums or go to your concerts...
M I don't know if I would call myself a you still have to do the same things
gourmet exactly, but I love my food. everybody else does... you have to
Unfortunately I'm one of those put your legs into your trousers one
people who has to be careful about after the other like anybody else. You
what they eat... I just have to smell still have to go down the shops to
biscuits and I've put on half a kilo. If buy a pint of milk or a loaf of bread,
you see pictures of me throughout just like anybody else. If I'm down the
the twenty years I've been in the supermarket and somebody
business, you'll see there's been recognizes me, 99 times out of a
quite a few occasions when I've been hundred they're really nice, pleasant
more than a little overweight. I don't and polite… they just ask for an
worry so much about it now; you autograph or tell me they love my
don't when you get a little older... albums... usually my earlier ones
but when I was younger it would though; nobody has told me they like
really get me down... and ironically, my new one yet.... so if anybody is
when I was depressed, I'd just eat listening... take heed... I need to hear
more and it became a vicious circle someone say something nice about
really. But these days I'm happy with my last album... the newspapers
myself really. If you do some sport or certainly didn't give it any positive
exercise three or four times a week, reviews...
you don't find yourself putting on the
weight. F And finally... as I said, you've been in
the industry for nearly 20 years. Are
F How do you keep in shape then? you ever going to stop?

M Nothing too strenuous. I tend to get M Well, I must say, I realise that I can't
up very early in the morning and do a go on forever. Touring and recording
few kilometres on an exercise certainly take it out of you. I guess I'll
machine called a cross trainer. The have to think about retiring from that
early mornings are when I'm at my side of things sooner or later,
best and I'm full of get up and go and probably in about 5 years or so. I
if I get on the cross trainer for about don't think I'll ever completely stop
45 minutes, I can burn up quite a lot working. For instance, I've had a
of calories. I suppose my regime is project on the back burner for about
rather different depending on ten years now. I've been writing a
whether I'm at home or on tour. If musical. But to be honest I think it's
I'm on tour I hardly get a chance to just a bit of a pipe dream, I can't see
eat a lot, but if I'm at home or the it ever really being staged. But you
studio there's always the temptation never know.
of the fridge... but as I say, if you do
enough exercise during the day, you That is the end of part 4.
can forgive yourself the occasional
indiscretion.

F You've been a well-known figure in

the public eye for almost a
generation now. Has success changed
you? Do you even remember what
it's like to be a normal person?

M I don't think I need to remember

being a normal person; it's what I'd
consider myself to be now. It doesn't
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