Skills Tests Units 1–10 B Answer Keys & Audio

Scripts
Tom Well, Emily is. But that’s not how I
Unit 1 usually describe my brothers. Lazy,
stubborn, those are the words I usually
use … they seem to spend most of their
Everyday English time trying to annoy me. They’re always
arguing and shouting and getting
1 emotional. I know I shouldn’t say this, but
1 a Ben’s horrible. He thinks he’s better than
everybody else.
2 c Sarah Oh dear, they sound difficult to live
3 c with. But Emily seems nice.
Tom Oh, yes, yes, she is. She’s the type of
4 a person who’s always helpful, and who
5 b never likes to talk about herself or say how
good she is at things. She’s really great.
We get on really well together, and she
Listening finds Ben and Chris just as annoying as I
do. We have that in common!
2
Sarah She looks stunning.
1 three people
Tom Oh, OK. Well, yes, I suppose she is.
2 physical appearance and personality She’s really trim and slender, you know,
and quite tall. She had long hair when she
3 was young, but not now, as you can see. It
looks really different from what it was like
1 a and d
not that long ago. In fact, she looks like a
3 b and d boy, in my opinion. But, well, she’s blonde-
haired and green-eyed, so I can see why
4 c and d you describe her like you do. To me,
5 b and c though, she’s just my sister!
Sarah Of course she is. It’s a really great
Audio Script photo. And, do you know, I think she looks
a bit like you …
Sarah Hi Tom. I love that photo on your
desktop, the one with the people laughing
and throwing their arms in the air. They Reading
look like they might be students from your
class. Are they students? 4
Tom No, they aren’t. Actually, it’s a picture of 1 b
Ben and Chris, my two younger brothers,
and of Emily, my older sister. Yeah, it’s one 6 b
of my favourite photos. We were on holiday 7 b
at the time, at a funfair.
Sarah They seem friendly and easy-going. 8 b
9 a

Writing
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Students’ own answers
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 Ben Well, when I was at school I used to
Challenge! read books all the time but I never thought I
could be a writer. At that time, I was more
6 interested in adventure stories than travel
1 b books. Then, after I left school, I started
10 c writing – short stories at first, but they
weren’t very good. Then I got to know
11 a people who had been to places that were
off the beaten track, and who had written
12 d
about their journeys. And, since I’d decided
13 a to take a year off before starting university,
well, I thought it was a good idea to go
14 b travelling in Patagonia in the far south of
15 b South America, and to write a blog about it.
Presenter What about you, Lucy?
16 a
Lucy Well, I’d just left school, and I was
studying American literature at university

Unit 2 when I took part in a writing workshop with

a famous Argentinian travel writer. He told
us all about his travels in the Amazon
Everyday English rainforest in Brazil. I had already written
lots of poems, and then I started writing
short stories, but I had never thought of
1
travel writing before then. I couldn’t wait for
1 fancy the summer holidays. As soon as they
17 could started, I booked a flight to Chile in South
America, and travelled along the coast and
18 persuaded through the national parks, writing a blog
about my experiences. Lots of people
19 Let’s
started following my blog, and soon it was
20 sure really popular. That’s how I got started.
Presenter OK. So, do you have any advice
Listening for young travel bloggers, Ben?
Ben Well, yes. My advice is to plan to write
7 every day. Get up in the morning and start
C and D writing everything that’s in your head.
That’s the best thing to do. Every time
something funny or interesting happens,
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write it down.
1 c Presenter And you, Lucy, what do you
21 b suggest doing?
Lucy Well, while I was travelling, I used to
22 d
carry a small notebook around with me all
23 d the time. And every time I thought of
something or saw something I wrote about
Audio Script it. So, my advice is to always be ready to
write about your experiences and write
Presenter Welcome to Young Writers. something every day.
These days, more and more young people Presenter OK. Thanks for coming into the
are blogging about their travel experiences. studio, guys. Later in the show …
In the studio today, I’m talking to two young
travel bloggers, Ben Smith and Lucy Hales,
and I’m going to ask them how they started
travel writing and what advice they have for
new bloggers. Ben, when did you start
writing?
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Reading
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Unit 3
1 F
Everyday English
24 F
25 T 1
1 look
26 F
42 feeling
27 T
43 cheer
28 F
44 end
29 T
45 mind
30 F
46 guess
31 F
47 expecting
32 F
48 kidding
Writing 49 Well
50 fantastic
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Students’ own answers
Listening
Challenge! 12

11
snowboarding

windsurfing

ice skating
1 c

canoeing
sailing
skiing

33 a
34 a
35 c
Paul   
36 c
Jo  
37 a
38 a 13
1 F
39 c
51 T
40 b
52 F
41 a
53 F
54 T

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Audio Script Jo The only problem is that training can be
really hard work. I often get backache, you
Jo What’s the most exciting sport you’ve know, from constantly pushing the blade
ever tried, Paul? into the water. But, anyway, that’s the price
Paul The most exciting? Er … well, I’ve you pay for doing the sport you love. And I
always lived near the mountains, so I’ve really love it. I haven’t found anything else
been quite lucky really because I learnt to that’s as much fun.
ski and climb when I was really young and
I’m a pretty good snowboarder, actually. Reading
I’ve even won competitions. But the biggest
thrill I’ve ever had was when I tried 14
windsurfing. I had a go at it on holiday in 1 c
Portugal last year.
55 c
Jo So you really enjoyed it?
Paul Yeah. It was amazing. But I fell off the 56 c
board all the time, of course. I don’t think I 57 a
was very good at it. To be honest, I got a
bit cross about spending so much time in 58 a
the water. But I’d love to give it another go.
The problem is that I’ll have to wait for my
next holiday. I don’t live anywhere near the
Writing
sea. What about you, Jo? Which adventure
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sports have you tried?
Students’ own answers
Jo Oh, well, I love being outdoors, just like
you, and I’ve always enjoyed watching
skiing and snowboarding on TV. In fact, I Challenge!
even went to a World Cup skiing race last
year. But I’ve never tried them. I went ice 16
skating once. I was terrible at that. I was 1 c
petrified of falling over and just stood there
on the ice. But there is one sport that I’ve 59 a
got quite good at and that’s canoeing.
60 b
Paul Canoeing? Well, I’m shocked. I had no
idea you’d tried that. 61 a
Jo Well, yes. My mum is a brilliant canoeist, 62 c
and she taught me the sport. I’m quite good
at it now – not great – I haven’t won any 63 a
competitions or anything – but I’m getting 64 a
better.
Paul Really? So, how long have you been 65 a
canoeing? 66 d
Jo Well, as long as I can remember. I hadn’t
67 b
even started primary school when I got in a
canoe for the first time. But I suppose I’ve
been doing it seriously for about two years.
I belong to a club now and I go training
twice a week. I don’t suppose I’ll become
an Olympic champion, but I love it, and it’s
really healthy and keeps me fit.
Paul I’m sure it does.

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 Josh We have two aims. First of all, as you
Unit 4 stated in your introduction, we are a protest
group which believes in taking action to
highlight the way that pollution and over-
Everyday English fishing is harming our oceans. In the
coming months, we’re going to organize
1 marches and demonstrations to raise
1 far awareness of the problem, and we’ve
already started an online petition so that
68 concerned young people can express their concerns.
Once we have 100,000 signatures, we’re
69 reckon
going to send the petition to world leaders.
70 right Interviewer OK. So, what’s the other aim of
the organization?
71 think
Josh Well, one of the problems with
72 ask campaigning on environmental issues is
73 sure that most people simply don’t know how
badly our actions are affecting the world’s
74 point ecology. That’s why we’re an educational
organization, too. In fact, I’d say that this is
75 see
the most important part of our project. We’ll
76 opinion be holding talks, workshops and seminars
for the general public throughout this year,
and we hope to educate people, and
Listening children in particular, about marine
mammals and the fragile ocean
17 environment.
A If people become more knowledgeable,
then we will have achieved our main aim.
18 However, we’re also going to try to
1 a persuade people to take part in our protest,
knowing that their actions can promote
77 a change.
78 c Interviewer So, you’re hoping to turn more
people into environmental campaigners?
79 a
Josh That’s right. What we need now is
action.
Audio Script
Interviewer OK. So, imagine that you’ve
Interviewer Hello and welcome to The World convinced me to join your protest. What
Today. I’m chatting to environmental can I do?
campaigner Josh Hughes, who became Josh Oh, there are lots of ways of getting
famous a few years ago for organizing the involved. There’s the online petition, of
Save the Whales campaign. Nowadays, he course, and you’ll find details of where and
represents Protect the Oceans, a new when we’re going to go on demonstrations
protest group, which, as the name on our website. But you can also join our
suggests, aims to make sure that we don’t school letter-writing campaign. We’re
destroy marine habitats. Welcome to the encouraging schools to write to government
studio Josh. officials and request that they take action to
Josh Hello. It’s good to be here. address the problems. And you can raise
money for Protect the Oceans by planning
Interviewer So, what exactly is your
charity events – like a sponsored run, for
organization all about?
example.
Interviewer OK. Well, thank you for coming
in to talk to us, Josh. Good luck with your
campaign.
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Unit 5
1 F
Everyday English
80 T
81 F 1
1 c
82 F
98 b
83 T
99 a
84 T
100 b
85 F
101 c
86 F
87 F Listening
88 F
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B, C and D
Writing
20 23
Student’s own answers 1 F
102 T
Challenge! 103 T

21 104 T
1 c 105 F
89 b 106 F
90 b 107 T
91 a
Audio Script
92 c
Robin (presenter) In today’s programme
93 b
we’re looking at cyber-bullying, which
94 c involves using technology, like mobile
phones and the internet, to bully or harass
95 c another person. Worryingly, it’s something
96 d that many teenagers have to deal with on a
daily basis. In fact, believe it or not, one in
97 c three under-eighteens has been a victim of
this offence. Our reporter Susie Lowe has
been investigating cyber-bullying for us.
What can you tell us, Susie?
Susie Well, as you say, Robin, this is a
growing problem in our society and one
that has to stop. I’ve just returned from an
international conference where they
discussed different types of cyber-bullying,
as well as the consequences for both
victims and bullies.
Robin What different types are there?

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Susie Well, if you’re mean enough to want to
hurt someone, technology offers plenty of Reading
opportunities. Bullies might send threats to
someone by email or text, spread rumours 24
about someone by sending texts to their 1 c
friends, or they might leave a horrible
message about someone on a social 108 b
networking site.
109 a
Robin That sounds awful. Who would want
to do that? They must be really stupid. 110 c
Susie I agree. And, more seriously, there are 111 d
lots of cases where people have pretended
to be another person online in order to hurt
them, or have even broken into their email Writing
or social network account and sent
damaging messages. 25
Robin So, if I were the victim of a cyber- Students’ own answers
bully, what effects might this have on me?
Susie Well, as you can imagine, if you are Challenge!
bullied, it can lead to anxiety, depression,
and in severe cases, even suicide. Most 26
victims don’t tell their parents or friends 1 didn’t have
because they’re embarrassed about it, or
afraid of what the bullies will do, and this 112 view
can make the situation worse. And, of 113 found
course, messages that are posted on the
internet stay there, so the pain of being a 114 down
victim never goes away.
115 mustn’t
Robin And what about cyber-bullies? I guess
many bullies don’t realize they’re 116 have taken
committing an offence. They probably just
117 mustn’t
think it’s funny.
Susie Absolutely. Cyber-bullies may not 118 about
realize how serious the consequences of
their behaviour could be for their own
future, and their victims’ futures. The things
teens post online now may reflect badly on
Unit 6
them later when they apply for university or
for a job. Cyber-bullies can lose their Everyday English
mobile phone or online accounts for cyber-
bullying. Also, cyber-bullies and their 1
parents may face legal charges for abusing 1 Although
people this way. It’s not funny. It’s very
serious. And you mustn’t do it. 119 but
Robin Well, thanks for that, Susie. You’ve 120 whereas
given us food for thought. I suppose the
message is, if you’re a victim, tell someone 121 On the other hand
about it, and if you’re thinking of bullying 122 However
someone on the internet, don’t. Don’t think
for one moment that you won’t be caught
and punished.

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 So, I guess that was why I was persuaded
Listening to get into advertising during my last year at
university. It seemed like a way of earning
27 a living and continuing to do art.
1 art Presenter Do you like your job, and, if so,
123 creative what’s good about it?
Danny It’s quite a demanding and stressful
124 really enjoys
job. You’re only as good as your last
125 difficult campaign and we’re under a lot of pressure
to come up with ideas and designs very
28 quickly. But that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy
it. On the contrary, it’s great fun and I love
1 a
every minute. I can’t think of a better job.
126 c The best thing is when a campaign is
successful. For example, recently, we were
127 b asked to produce some funny cartoon
stories which were used as part of an
Audio Script advertising campaign for a local bicycle
company. Not many bikes were being sold
Presenter Hello and welcome to Jobs by the company at the time, and they were
Today. I’m interviewing Danny Wilcocks, really worried. But the public loved our
who has been employed by a leading campaign and started buying bikes. We
advertising agency for over twelve years. were really pleased because the company
Hi, Danny. might have been closed down if our
Danny Hi. campaign had failed.
Presenter So, tell us about your job. What Presenter I can see why that must give you
exactly do you do? a lot of satisfaction. OK. My final question.
Danny Well, in any marketing agency, there So, what exactly do you …
are lots of different types of jobs. Some
people are recruited to work as account Reading
managers, for example. It’s their job to deal
with clients and to decide on the best type 29
of advertising campaign for the clients’ 1 T
businesses. Others, like me, are taken on
128 T
to be creative. These jobs include being a
copywriter or an art director. Copywriters 129 T
have to think of slogans and things like
that. They do all the writing. In my 130 F
department, I work with three other art 131 T
directors and we’re responsible for
producing photographs and illustrations, all 132 T
the visual things you find in advertising.
133 F
Presenter OK. So, why did you decide to get
into this line of work? 134 T
Danny Er … that’s a good question. Erm, to 135 T
be honest, I don’t think working in
advertising is something that I dreamed of 136 F
doing when I was a kid at primary school. I
probably wanted to drive a train or Writing
something like that back then. But I’ve
always been keen on drawing and painting. 30
In fact, I had some of my pictures exhibited
Students’ own answers
in an art gallery when I was seventeen, and
I studied art at university.

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 Becky Well, here I am at The Corner
Challenge! Restaurant in North London, which is a tiny,
cosy little place in a very quiet side street.
31 In fact, it’s so far off the beaten track that I
1 b got lost twice on the way here! However,
137 c despite its location, it has one of the best
reputations for fine food in this part of the
138 a capital and it’s packed with customers
every night. And this is Dougal Black. He’s
139 b
the head chef and he’s bought the
140 a restaurant! So, you’re the boss in and out
of the kitchen?
141 b
Dougal That’s right.
142 a Becky Let’s talk about senses. Now, I have
143 c to say that my sense of smell is working
overtime right now. I didn’t realize how
many wonderful aromas could come out of

Unit 7 a kitchen at the same time. Someone told

me that you would be baking here this
morning, so I guess that’s what’s making
Everyday English my nose twitch like a mouse.
Dougal Absolutely. It’s our baking day –
1 when we prepare cakes, breads and
biscuits. And, I agree, the smell’s fantastic
1 mind, E
– but I guess, if you’re asking about which
144 wonder, B sense is the most important, I’d have to say
that it’s taste – and my tongue rather than
145 happy, C my nose that’s most precious to me.
146 grateful, A Becky Well, I guess that makes sense. You
have to make sure food isn’t too salty or too
147 Excuse, D
spicy, right?
Dougal Yes, when we’re busy and cooking
Listening lots of sauces, I walk round with a spoon
and dip into each one. I have to
32 differentiate between what’s just right and
B and D what needs the addition of more
ingredients.
33 Becky It sounds like a demanding thing to
1 b do.
Dougal Well, not any more. It used to be
148 c when I started out, but it’s something you
149 b learn as a chef. When I was a trainee, I
was told to cook four sauces at the same
150 b time on the cooker and sit and spend hours
tasting them. That’s what I did, on my days
Audio Script off at home, and, well, hard work pays off
whatever your job. It’s all about experience,
Presenter In Out and About this week, our you see.
reporter Becky Sharp met up with the head Becky So, if I hang around until lunchtime,
chef of The Corner Restaurant in London. what will I be able to try?
She asked him which of the senses were
most important to him in his job. Here’s
Becky’s report.

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 Dougal Oh, please stay! Lucy, one of our 167 begin, 2
assistant chefs, is cooking today. I’ll get her
to make something special for you. And if
you’re really lucky, we’ll let you sample
some of her cakes once they’ve cooled
down.

Reading
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1 b
151 a
152 c
153 d
154 c

Writing
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Students’ own answers

Challenge!
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1 haven’t developed
155 darkness
156 were
157 surprisingly
158 are made
159 locate
160 reactions
161 had seen
162 flew
163 ability

Unit 8
Everyday English
1
1 subject, 1
164 point, 4
165 look, 3
166 conclude, 5
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 Amanda Well, I’m still at school, but I’m
Listening looking to gain experience in the
workplace. In the future, if I do well in my
37 exams, I’d like to study fashion and design
1 Thursdays and Fridays at university, so I think it’ll be a useful
168 women’s experience for me to work in a large clothes
shop.
38 Interviewer Fine. We often have some
difficult customers in our shop. What would
1 c you do if a customer returned to the shop
169 a and complained about something she’d
bought?
170 a
Amanda Oh, OK. Um … I think it’s important
171 a to be very polite. I’d try to find out exactly
what was wrong with the item of clothing.
Audio Script But I wouldn’t return the money straight
away. I’d politely find out if there really was
Interviewer Hello. Please come in and take something wrong with it.
a seat. Amanda, isn’t it? Interviewer OK. Great. Well, the hours are
Amanda That’s right. Amanda Jeffers. 4.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. You’ll earn €12 an
hour from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., and after
Interviewer OK. Well, I wish you’d contacted
that, the pay rate jumps to €15 an hour.
us last month, Amanda, because we
We’ll also pay travel expenses if you have
actually had four part-time vacancies
to travel far. Does that sound OK with you?
available then: one in menswear, one in
cosmetics and two in the women’s clothes Amanda Yes, definitely. It sounds very
department. However, we’re still looking for generous. But I won’t be claiming any
one more sales assistant in womenswear. expenses as I’ll cycle here. I live quite close
Do you think you might be interested in by, you see.
working there? Interviewer Great. So, when can you start?
Amanda Oh, yes. I’ve always been
interested in fashion, so I’d be happy to Reading
work there.
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Interviewer OK. Well, we would have been
able to offer you work on Saturdays and 1 F
Sundays if you’d applied last month. That’s 172 T
what we usually offer, you see – two full
days of work on Saturdays and Sundays. 173 F
But what we need now is someone to work
174 T
during the week – as we open late on
Thursdays and Fridays, we’ll need 175 F
someone to work those evenings who
doesn’t mind getting home at ten. I don’t 176 F
know whether you’d be happy to do that. 177 F
Amanda Well, if I’m honest, I was hoping for
weekend work, but I suppose working a 178 F
couple of nights will be OK. I’ll have to 179 F
check with my parents though.
180 F
Interviewer That’s fine. Right, I’d better ask
you a few questions. First of all, I’d like to
ask you why you’re applying for this job. Writing
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Students’ own answers

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Challenge! Audio Script

41 Tom Have you ever heard of Trevor Bayliss?

1 a Amy Who?
181 b Tom Trevor Bayliss. He’s the man who
invented the wind-up radio. Actually, that’s
182 b not the only thing he’s invented. He has a
183 d house and a workshop somewhere in
England and that’s where he works most of
184 a the time, inventing new gadgets. But he’s
probably most famous for the wind-up
185 c radio.
186 b Amy OK. Well, I can’t say I know anything
about him or his radio. How come you’re
187 d
such an expert all of a sudden? Are you
188 b studying him as part of your engineering
degree?
189 c
Tom I wish I was. No, I was sitting in the
dentist’s waiting room the other day and I

Unit 9 came across this article about him in a

magazine. It was fascinating.
Amy Well, I can see you’re dying to tell me
Everyday English about him. So, how did Trevor Bayliss
come up with the wind-up radio? And what
1 is a wind-up radio, anyway?
1 catch Tom OK. Well, about twenty years ago, he
was sitting at home watching a TV
190 explain programme about AIDS in Africa. The
191 work report said that one of the problems that
doctors and aid workers faced was that a
192 see lot of poor people in Africa didn’t have
electricity, so they didn’t have a radio or
193 clear TV, which meant that neither governments
nor aid agencies could pass on important
Listening information about the disease. Trevor
immediately realized that he could solve
42 this problem. He started working on
1 poorer inventing a radio which didn’t need
electricity from a battery, or from the mains.
194 hand power Amy And that’s when he designed the wind-
up radio?
43 Tom Yes. It’s called a wind-up radio because
1 a it has a handle which you wind up by hand.
This generates enough electricity to play
195 c
the radio for a few hours. When the radio
196 a runs out of power, you just wind it up again.
It’s really simple, inexpensive and
197 a incredibly convenient. It means you have to
do a bit of work, but you can use it
anywhere, even if you’re miles away from a
plug socket!
Amy Well, it does sound like a good idea, I
have to say. Perhaps I should buy you one
for Christmas.

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Reading Listening
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47
1 a
artist, photographer
198 c
48
199 a
1 c
200 d
213 b
201 b
214 b
Writing 215 a

45 Audio Script
Students’ own answers
Interviewer Hello and welcome to Art World.
In today’s programme I’m talking to Louise
Challenge! Willis, the world famous artist who is about
to show some of her artwork in a new
46 exhibition at the London Gallery. Hello
1 b Louise.
202 d Louise Hello.
Interviewer So, tell us about the exhibition.
203 a
Louise Well, it’s a retrospective. Most of the
204 b paintings shown are paintings produced in
the late 1990s, at a time when I didn’t have
205 a the success that I have now.
206 b Interviewer So, we won’t be able to see any
of your new work?
207 c
Louise I’m afraid not. This is a very creative
208 a and inspirational time for me. I’ve been
working on a number of interesting projects
and finished a new painting only last week.
Unit 10 But you’ll have to wait until next year before
any of my latest paintings are put on show.
Interviewer OK. Well, I’m sure we’ll look
Everyday English forward to that. Tell us a little bit about how
you got started as an artist. Was painting
1 your first love?
1 like, B Louise I suppose so. Of course, I learnt to
209 add, A draw at art college and I tried installation
art, but, even then, I longed to paint most of
210 exact, E the time. Ever since leaving college I’ve
devoted all my time and effort to painting. I
211 true, C
know that’s unusual and perhaps even a bit
212 necessarily, D limiting. Most artists prefer to diversify a
little and try a few other things. But it’s my
choice. Some of my best friends from my
college days have become dedicated
sculptors and designers, but I’ve never
been tempted. It’s a calling, I think, being a
painter.

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 Interviewer Well, when you produce work of
such vision and originality, I think we can all Challenge!
be thankful that you have decided to
concentrate on painting. Can I ask you 51
what inspires you to paint the most? 1 c
Louise Ah, that’s a good question. I suppose
I should tell you about a few of my favourite 225 d
artists – Picasso, Monet, Rubens ... But, 226 c
actually, none of my favourite painters has
really influenced my art. It’s everyday life 227 b
that moves me most, and somehow 228 c
photography captures moments in people’s
lives much better than a sculpture or a 229 b
painted portrait. So, I tend to draw
230 a
inspiration from that source.
Interviewer That’s interesting – because, of 231 c
course, you are a well-known
photographer, too. You’ve had your work
published in many magazines.
Louise Yes, that’s true. And I love the art
form.
Interviewer That’s all we have time for, I’m
afraid. Thank you for your time, Louise. I
look forward to seeing the exhibition in
London.

Reading
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1 F
216 T
217 F
218 F
219 F
220 F
221 F
222 T
223 T
224 T

Writing
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