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b2 listening

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LISTENING 1 What does the woman think about the food she

has just eaten?


https://englishpracticetest.net/practice-listening-test-
for-b2-with-answer-and-audioscript-test-01/ç A It was expensive.

Listening Part 1 B It was delicious.


You will hear people talking in eight different
C It looked wonderful.
situations.
7 You turn on the radio and hear a man talking.
For questions 1-8, choose the best answer A, B or C.
What is he talking about?

A drawing pictures
1 You hear a restaurant manager talking about the
cooks who work for him. B writing fiction
What does he say about them? C composing music
A They dislike cleaning tasks. 8 You overhear a student phoning her parents.
B They have a choice of jobs. What is her opinion of the place she is living in
while at college?
C They help to decide the menu.
A She is not sure she will have enough room to
2 You hear a woman talking about a new book.
study.
What does she particularly like about the book?
B She has difficulty in working because of the
A It is educational. noise.

B It is well organised. C She does not get on well with her room-mates.

C It is enjoyable.

3 You hear the writer of a television soap opera Listening Part 2


being interviewed about the programme. You will hear an interview with Elizabeth Holmes
about her experience working in Africa.
What will happen next in the story?
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a
A Someone will make an important decision.
word or short phrase.
B Someone will go away unexpectedly.

C Someone will learn the truth at last.


Volunteering in Africa
4 You hear part of a radio interview.
Elizabeth worked for a (9) ……………………………… before
Who is speaking? she went to Africa.

A a taxi driver Elizabeth first found out about working as a volunteer


from a (10) ……………………………… she saw at the
B a porter dentist’s.
C a tourist guide The course in London that Elizabeth attended was
5 You hear a woman talking about how she keeps fit. called (11) ………………………………

Why did she decide to take up line dancing? Elizabeth’s job in Africa was to teach (12)
……………………………… how to market their goods.
A She thought the pace would suit her.
On arrival in Africa, Elizabeth spent (13)
B She had heard about it on television. ……………………………… doing a training course with
C She wanted to try exercising to music. other volunteers.

6 You overhear a conversation in a restaurant.


Elizabeth used a (14) ……………………………… to travel
short distances in Africa.
24 When Trina went to the USA, she
Elizabeth feels that she got on best with (15)
A thought the records she made would be
……………………………… in the area of Africa where she
unsuccessful.
lived.
B knew her friends would be jealous of her.
Back in England, Elizabeth found that she was
disturbed by the (16) ……………………………… in the city. C didn’t tell many people why she was going.
At the moment, Elizabeth buys and sells (17) 25 When Trina was in the USA, she wrote songs
……………………………… from Africa. about
Nowadays, Elizabeth spends more time on her A her home.
favourite pastime, which is (18) ………………………………
B the weather.

C people she met.


Listening Part 3
You will hear five different employees talking about 26 Where was Trina performing when she was
what makes a good boss. noticed by the record company?

For questions 19-23, choose which of the opinions (A- A in London


F) each speaker expresses. B near her home
Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter C in the USA
which you do not need to use.
27 Why did Trina sing with David Pearson?

A He needed some help.


A good boss should
B She wrote a song for him.
A allow staff to take decisions.
C The record company asked her to.
B encourage staff to work in teams.
28 Trina was asked to return to the USA to
C listen to complaints from staff.
A re-do some work.
D give information on individual progress.
B appear on TV again.
E have good qualifications.
C record a new song.
F set an example of hard work.
29 Why isn’t Trina popular in Britain?
19 Speaker 1
A Her kind of music isn’t popular in Britain.
20 Speaker 2
B The company don’t want to sell her records in
21 Speaker 3 Britain.
22 Speaker 4 C Her records haven’ been available in Britain.
23 Speaker 5 30 How does Trina see her future?

A She will continue making records in the USA.


Listening Part 4 B She may make singing her career eventually.

C She wants to study music at college.


You will hear an interview with Trina Trevose, a pop
singer who is only fifteen.

For questions 24-30, choose the best answer


(A, B or C).

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