AUDIOSCRIPTS

TEST 1A & 1B (Unit 1) TEST 2A & 2B (Unit 2)

EX. A
EX. A
My name is Mark Turner and I want to be a
A few months ago, I went on a cruise to the
professional actor. I’m not interested in television,
islands of Hawaii with my parents. It was great!
though. I’d like to be well-known and perform in
On the first day, we flew in a plane to the island of
films. It’s necessary to be very patient because
Honolulu and then a helicopter took us around the
acting jobs are not easy to find. The problem is
island. It was very beautiful. There were amazing
that I live in the city of Manchester and even
beaches, a harbour full of ships and a tropical
though there are some jobs here, London is really
forest filled with interesting animals. But what
the place for actors to be.
really impressed me was when I saw a real
I usually apply for auditions by post or telephone
volcano!
or sometimes, I visit a theatre in person to give
On the second day of our trip, we visited the
them my acting portfolio. Waiting for a reply is
island of Maui. We hiked into a forest and went
really exciting, and I try not to get impatient. When
swimming in a lake below a stunning waterfall. It
I do get an audition, I feel thrilled – but also
was so much fun!
scared in case I make some kind of silly mistake!
The next day, we travelled to Hawaii. We tried lots
However, I try to keep calm. I’m careful about
of tasty traditional Hawaiian dishes like Kalua pig
what I wear and I’m always on time for an
and laulau. We also ate lots of delicious fresh fruit
audition.
– like pineapples, papayas and mangos – that
When I’m not looking for a role, I am a waiter in a
grow right on the island! I loved it – pineapple is
pizza restaurant. It means I earn money for my
my favourite fruit!
daily needs! I’m also saving money to buy a new
On the last day, we went souvenir shopping then
laptop so I can find jobs online. My old one’s
flew home. It was such a wonderful trip. I want to
broken so I go to an Internet café nearby for now.
do it again next year!

EX. B
EX. B
Batman is an extremely famous comic-book hero.
Jennifer: Hi, Tim.
There are lots of Hollywood films as well as a TV
Tim: Hey Jennifer. How was your winter break?
series about this well-known character.
Jennifer: Oh, it was just the way I planned it,
In the stories, Batman is really Bruce Wayne, a
really relaxing. How about you? Did you have a
rich businessman who lives in a large house in
nice time on your holiday?
Gotham City, America. He is polite, kind and
Tim: Yes, it was fantastic!
offers his help to those who need it. When he puts
Jennifer: Where did you go?
on his black cape and black mask with pointed
Tim: I went on a skiing holiday in Austria. The
ears, he looks just like a bat! Then he becomes
weather was cold, but sunny. It was very quiet and
Batman and fights criminals. He often chases
peaceful up in the mountains!
them in his special car, the Batmobile, together
Jennifer: Wow! Sounds great!
with his friend Robin.
Tim: It was! I went skiing every day and I took lots
Unlike other superheroes, Batman uses natural
of photos of the trees and the mountains covered
abilities such as his strength, brain and love of
in snow.
science to defeat criminals. Batman thinks like a
Jennifer: Oh! I want to see them! Did you bring
detective. This helps him understand his enemies’
them to school today?
weaknesses so he can defeat villains like The
Tim: Well, actually no. I didn’t bring them because
Joker and Mr Freeze.
someone stole my camera.
Batman is a good example to children because he
Jennifer: Oh no! That’s terrible! How did it
uses his brain more than his strength, and this
happen?
makes him one of the top crime fighters of all
time.

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Tim: I’m not sure. I was at a café and my camera Then, while I was inside the building, it started
was on the table. I looked away for a few raining heavily. I didn’t realise it at the time, but
seconds, and when I looked down, it was gone! there was so much rain that the river burst its
Jennifer: I’m really sorry to hear that. Did you talk banks. It was only when we tried to go outside for
to the police? lunch that we realised we were trapped. We had
Tim: Yes, but I don’t have a lot of hope. They said no way to get out.
this happens a lot. Presenter: What did you do?
Jennifer: Well, you still have the memories from Abigail: I used my mobile to call the emergency
your trip. services because the phone lines were down, and
Tim: That’s true! we just waited. After about 40 minutes, I noticed a
boat in the car park slowly moving through the
parked cars! The boat was small so it took a long
TEST 3A & 3B (Unit 3) time and lots of trips to move all the people to
safety.
EX. A
Presenter: Well, I’m glad everyone is OK now.
The 90s were a long time ago, so there’s no way Thank you, Abigail. Now, it’s back to the studio for
clothes from back then are popular today, right? the weather forecast.
Well, when it comes to fashion, things that people
wore years ago can become popular again and
again. It’s happening now! For instance, in the TEST 4A & 4B (Unit 4)
90s every teenage girl carried a tiny bag on her
EX. A
back instead of a handbag. Get ready to see them
again, because those little bags are coming back! The old Wembley Stadium closed in 2000 and the
But what about clothes? Well, a lot of teens wore new one opened in 2007. It cost £800 million
casual clothes like baggy jeans and loose T-shirts pounds to build, but it’s worth every penny!
with trainers in the 90s, and guess what? These Wembley can seat 90,000 people and 310
clothes are becoming popular again, too! Lots of wheelchair users. It is also very big and tall, with
teenage girls also wore hats with flowers on them, its roof standing 52 metres above the pitch and
but teens today don’t seem to like them. And the famous Wembley Arch, which supports the
finally, let’s talk about eyewear. In the 90s, the whole stadium, standing at 133 metres high.
popular teens always wore round, not square, That’s nearly as high as the London Eye!
sunglasses that looked like mirrors. When I was England’s international football matches take
looking around the shops at my local shopping place there, and important matches like the FA
centre last week, that’s exactly what I saw on the Cup final. There are also rugby and American
shelves! The sunglasses on the market now are football matches, and there are plans to build an
very big; not like during the 90s. So to look good ice skating rink. But Wembley isn’t just about
this year, you don’t need to spend lots of money – sports. Music fans can attend concerts there, too.
just check out the local charity shops for all the In June 2017, 98,000 fans came to see Grammy
90s has to offer! winner Adele.
Tourists come to the stadium just for the
EX. B experience of seeing the place, as it is one of
London’s famous landmarks. They can reach it
Presenter: The recent bad weather caused a lot
easily, by underground train from central London
of damage in and around the city and there was
stations or on a red London bus.
flooding in the city centre today. One person that
got caught by the flood water was Abigail
Greenhouse. Abigail, what happened to you?
Abigail: Well, I got to work as usual this morning
at 9 o’clock. It was drizzling but nothing too bad.

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EX. B Jason: Well, it was noisy, but it was also a lot of

fun to see all those cute, little babies! The food
Jenny: Hi, Tony! Where are you going?
was delicious; there was pizza, roast chicken,
Tony: Hey Jenny. I’m going to the gym. Do you
crisps and, of course, a birthday cake that my aunt
want to come?
made! We also played some fun games.
Jenny: No, thanks. I think I do enough exercise
David: Sounds great!
already.
Jason: It really was. And what about you? What
Tony: I know you play hockey twice a week, but
was your weekend like?
some light exercise in between is very important.
David: Well, I just stayed in playing video games.
Jenny: I see what you mean, but to me, the
Jason: Oh no! Were you sick?
gym’s boring.
David: No, nothing like that. I just wanted a
Tony: I don’t see it that way. I do half an hour on
relaxing weekend at home.
different machines, and then I go home. It’s fun.
Jason: Oh, I know what you mean. I love having a
Jenny: I believe I spend as much time walking to
weekend like that once in a while.
and from school. So I get enough light exercise.
David: Me too. It’s great!
Tony: I don’t agree. Walking’s good exercise, but
it doesn’t use all parts of the body.
EX. B
Jenny: You’ve got a point. Are there many people
at the gym? This is Michael Foreman reporting live from the
Tony: Not at this time of day. In the evening, it’s Lord Mayor’s Show, a huge public event in
busy, but at four o’clock, it’s almost empty. London. This street parade takes place every year
Jenny: Well, all right then. I’ll come. on the second Saturday of November and
Tony: That’s the spirit! And we can walk there celebrates the new Lord Mayor of London taking
and back. A fast 10-minute walk is perfect for up their new position. It’s an amazing carnival with
warming up before a workout. It means you don’t impressive floats and wonderful costumes.
get any injuries. Crowds started arriving at 9 am and the festivities
Jenny: Yes, that’s very important. We always are beginning very shortly. The route runs from
warm up for ten minutes before playing hockey. Guildhall and goes to Bank junction and past
Tony: So, go and put on your gym clothes, then! Mansion House. Then it goes down Fleet Street
and finally ends at the Strand. The procession
starts at 11 am every year, after the Lord Mayor
TEST 5A & 5B (Unit 5) has his official breakfast. Channel 6 brings you all
the action and carnival fun as it happens! The day
EX. A
finishes with an incredible fireworks display that
Jason: Hi, David. we will show live. So stay with us for a day of
David: Hi, Jason. How are you? excitement, beautiful costumes and traditions …
Jason: I’m OK, thanks.
David: Did you do anything special at the
weekend? TEST 6A & 6B (Unit 6)
Jason: Yeah, I went to my aunt and uncle’s
EX. A
house for my cousin’s birthday party. Can you
believe she’s already a year old? It seems like Water is everywhere! It makes up around 70% of
yesterday she was just a few weeks old! our bodies and 71% of the Earth’s surface.
David: Wow. Little Amy’s already one? That’s However, 97.5% of it is salty and undrinkable.
great! Were there a lot of people at the party? This only leaves 2.5% of useable water for
Jason: Oh, yes. All our relatives were there, and everybody on Earth. Humans need around 7
a lot of her parents’ friends came too and brought glasses of water a day to stay healthy, and cannot
their children along. survive without any water for over 4 days. In
David: Sounds like a big crowd! Did you have a comparison, some people can survive without
nice time? food for 60 days. But we don’t just use water for

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drinking. We clean our bodies with it and we use it they help people in need. Some people even go
to cook our food. It’s farming that uses a lot of into these shops and offer to do volunteer work
water, though. In fact, farmers use 70% of the there. Charity shops find it more difficult to make
world’s water. money when times are hard. When people don’t
One way to save water is by changing our eating have enough money, they don’t buy new clothes
habits. Producing 1 kilo of beef requires 13,000 and wear their old clothes for longer. When the
litres of water, but growing 1 kilo of potatoes clothes finally make it to the charity shop, they are
needs only 100 litres. We can also make a often in very bad condition and difficult to sell. For
difference at home. When we brush our teeth, we this reason, some charity shops are selling new
use about 7.5 litres, so turn off the tap while items to attract more customers. But at one charity
brushing your teeth. A full bath uses around 270 that helps sick and injured animals, the staff
litres of water. So only fill it halfway or take a discovered that the public didn’t want to buy new
shower instead. A short shower uses from 95 to goods from them. After one year, they removed
195 litres. the new items and went back to selling second-
It is up to all of us to make sure that there is hand. Customers felt that for new items, they
enough water for everyone in the world. preferred normal shops, not charity shops. In
charity shops, they wanted to find bargains.
EX. B

Good morning everyone. Today, I’m going to talk EX. B

to you about the damage we are doing to our
Alan: Hi, Robert. It’s me, Alan. I’m phoning to see
planet. As you probably already know, global
if you’re coming on Saturday. I’m really looking
warming is causing the climate to change. When
forward to it.
we burn fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, they
Robert: Oh, you mean the trip to the cinema? No,
send greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This
I can’t. I’m staying at my uncle’s on Friday and by
creates air pollution, which is dangerous for our
the time I get back on Saturday, it’ll be too late to
health. Greenhouse gases also cause the Earth’s
go.
temperature to go up. If this continues, a lot of the
Alan: Why do you have to go to your uncle’s?
Earth’s ecosystems will become very different and
Come on, everyone else is going. It’s going to be
a great number of species of plants and animals
a great laugh!
won’t survive. Also, climate change is causing the
Robert: I know, Alan. But I have to go with my
ice caps to melt and sea levels to rise. Lots of
parents. My uncle is having a barbecue and all the
people who live near the sea and on islands will
family will be there. It’s a special occasion - my
be in danger of losing their homes if sea levels
grandfather will be eighty.
rise. This includes some of the world’s major
Alan: Oh, right. Wait a minute, though. If it’s not
cities, New York, for example, and even whole
too far away, couldn’t you get someone to give
countries, like Bangladesh. Now, any questions
you a lift to the cinema on Saturday? We’re not
before we go onto how we can take action to
meeting up until two o’clock, after all.
reduce the problem?
Robert: Some of my cousins have cars now, so
maybe one of them won’t mind driving me there.
Alan: Why don’t you bring them along, too?
TEST 7A & 7B (Unit 7)
Nobody will mind, in fact it’ll be even better with
EX. A more people!

No British high street is complete without a charity

shop – a shop selling second-hand clothes and
household items. Charity shops began as a new
way of raising money for charities People give
them their unwanted clothes and spend a little
money on second-hand bargains, and in this way

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TEST 8A & 8B (Unit 8) EX. B

EX. A Bella: Did you book the tickets for the show,
Anna?
Last weekend, I went to a music festival with
Anna: Yes, but they were sold out for Friday
some of my friends. We had a great time! We
night.
stayed in a tent and we saw loads of our favourite
Bella: Did you get seats for Saturday evening,
bands. We all like different music but it didn’t
then?
matter because there was one stage for rock
Anna: Well, they had a few left but they were right
music, one for hip hop and one for reggae, so we
at the back, so I found us some better seats at the
took turns choosing. In fact, even though I’m a
afternoon performance.
rock fan myself, I really enjoyed the other bands. I
Bella: OK, great. We can eat before we go. I think
don’t think I’ll rush out to buy any hip hop, but I’ll
Benny’s Burgers has 50% off at the moment.
probably get a few reggae albums!
Anna: That’s a great deal, but I’m trying to lose
I definitely recommend the festival to other music
weight, remember?
fans, but only if you enjoy camping. And if you do
Bella: Oh, yes. I suppose that means Pizza
go, get there early – we had trouble finding a
Palace is out too.
space for our tent because it’s such a popular
Anna: I’m afraid so. We could come back here
festival. I also advise everyone to buy some
though. The food here is really good.
decent boots before they go – it was pretty
Bella: Sounds great. I’ll meet you here around
muddy!
noon.
Anna: OK. Oh, I almost forgot! Here’s your ticket
and the receipt.
Bella: Thanks, I’ll give you the money tomorrow.

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