Read ahead!

Part 1 (45 secs) 1-6 (25 secs) 7-10 (60 secs) – easiest ONE WORD ONLY
Part 2 11-14 15-20 – difficult MULTIPLE CHOICE + MAP
Part 3 21-25 26-30 – most difficult 2x MULTIPLE CHOICE + MATCHING
21 What do the students agree on?
A
B
C
Part 4 (45 secs) 31-40 (60 secs) – easy ONE WORD ONLY
Part 3 – beginning – you’ll hear engineering students discussing a project they are
wokring on geothermeal energy
Part 2 – tour guide giving information about the park.
CONTEXT
1 Less than 30
1 Active listening
2 Transcribing channel (script)
3 repeat after what you’ve just listened
2 More than 30
Note-taking
TRANSCRIBING:
I wanted to be open and honest aboutwhat I’m doing. Back at the very beginnign, I told
I’d not be signing a record deal.

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PART 1 Questions 1-13
Sue talking to a friend Ien about a program that helps farmers. – CONTEXT
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Gap filling
1 grammar
2 collocation
3 logic
Australian Rural Aid Program
General information
• People from the city help farmers in remote areas.
• Unlike some other programmes, the farmers are not given 1 money
Does this program give any money? Is this one like that?
• Volunteers stay on the farm each night in a 2 cabin
Hotels – distraction – far (plural)
• The team leader buys the 3 food
Shares the cost
• Permission (Allow) to work with 4 children is needed (apply soon).
Duties = have to do
• Help out with cooking
• Sometimes 5 driving is needed (the farms = properties are very big)
• Some volunteers prefer to bring =take their own 6 tools (the ones, they, they
come in handy) (e.g. volunteers might be asked to build a 7 fence
Recommended farming area – around Nymagee
• The area once employed people in a mine – producing 8 copper
Weekdays, fruits, musical instruments, animals, elements, tools
• It is a distance of 9 620 km from Sydney
• It is best to travel there by car or by 10 plane
• Volunteers made (=create) a 11 garden as part of a community project
Other information
• Call the organisers (ask for Ray 12 CURREY)
Curry Gosling – tip – first write the name down as you know it
• A special 13 shirt is available for purchase (=buy).

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PART 2 Questions 14-26
Guide talking to group of their on their way to Dinosaur park
Questions 14-20.
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Diamond Creek Dinosaur Park
14 What does the speaker say about the land on which the Dinosaur Park is located?
A It had an important train line on it – railway – costs were too high
B It was once a farming area - unsuitable for agriculture – desert
C It used to be covered in trees – thick forest
15 The dinosaur bones in the park
A came from one kind of dinosaur – several types
B were found by accident – discovered by chance
C are in very good condition – bones are in poor shape
16 What does the speaker say about the museum building?
A It won an architecture award. – architect who greew up in the area
B It has an interesting design feature. – covered with din footprints
C It was surprisingly cheap to build. – cost a huge amount
17 The ticket to the museum includes
A access to all areas – whole except lab
B a detailed guidebook – buy a guidebook
C a talk by a dinosaur expert – presentation Gary bird
18 Some of the walking tracks through the park
A are difficult to follow – not well signposted easy to get lost
B go up and down hills – fairly flat
C need to be repaired - well maintained
19 What does the speaker say about Dinosaur Crater?
A It is unsuitable for children – the whole family will love it
B It is best to visit in the late afternoon – go there at the end of the day when the
sun is setting
C It can be reached on foot – too far to walk
20 Where does the speaker say dinner will be held tonight?
A in a restaurant in the nearby town
B in the museum café – closed at 5pm
C in an outdoor eating area- under the stars night sky

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Questions 21 -26
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-I, next to questions 21-26.

21 Dinosaur Canyon Exhibit

22 Dinosaur Stampede Exhibit
23 Dinosaur Discovery Area
24 Picnic area
25 Water station
26 Toilets

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1 prepositions of place – between, behind, beside, next to, opposite, in front of, close
to, adjcaent to, at the bottom of, at the top of, beyond, near, across
2 direction words – go = head – head south
Go past/beyond – o’tib keting
Turn left/north/right – buriling
Take a turning – burilmoq
Go straight
3 where we are

PART 3 Questions 27-36

Business study studengt Anna – workplacement experience - tutor
Questions 27-31
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Work placement evaluation
27 How did Anna initially feel about being selected by a telecommunications company
for her work placement?
Reservations = doubts
A disappointed
B pleased
C surprised – wasn’t really expeceting to be offered work there

28 Anna feels her supervisor in the company should have given her more
A support – a bit more help would have been nice, a bit more involved
B responsibility
C training – not time, was nto his role
29 The work placement has made Anna
A clarify which job she wants to apply for
B identify areas to which she is most suited – define my strengths are – role - the
ones I should avoid
C change her mind about her chosen career path
30 What service did Anna find valuable when deciding about her work placement?
A presentations given by placement employers – very genereal
B the placements fair – not get much out of ; too much info
C meetings with the placements adviser – were much more focused
31 Anna recommends that the placements team should
A introduce a mentoring scheme – they just introduced
B improve the placements website – well maintained

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 C organize talks from former placement students -to get people like me to give
talks

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Questions 32-36
How do Anna and her tutor evaluate her performance in the following skills?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions
32-36.

Evaluation
A She worked hard to improve these
B She wasn’t given the opportunity to demonstrate these
C She has a natural ability in this area
D She lacked confidence in this area
E She benefited from her studies to develop these
F She needs to improve these
G She failed to improve these

Skills
32 organisation and planning skills – there could be some room for improvement F
33 written communication skills – that’s always been a part I find easy C
34 interpersonal skills – had to make a huge effort to to win their confiden A
35 problem-solving skills – having the opportunity to apply theories we studied E
36 leadership skills – was worried all the time about making wrong decisions D

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PART 4 Questions 37-49
Biology student on biomimicry – using nature to solve human problems
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Biomimicry
Definition
identifying patterns from nature, and copying (=replicate) them using (=with the use of)
37 technology in order to find solutions for human issues
Denticles on shark skin
• Each one is formed in the shape of (Shaped like) a 38 triangle and has many
ridges
• They look like fish scales but are actually more similar (structuraly related) to 39
teeth
• They help to increase (there is an increase in) the 40 speed of movement
• They stop the growth (prevent being covered; grow) of 41 bacteria to keep the
sharks clean
Synthetic materials based on shark skin
• a film to cover surfaces (e.g. in a 42 hospital)
• a paint that can be used on aircraft to reduce the cost (fuel cost lowered) of 43
fuel
• a material that can be used to make (produce) 44 clothing
Club memership = the number of club members
Chocolate production = the production of chocolate
The cost of fuel = fuel cost
Properties of spider silk
• It is very strong, stretchy (elastic) and sticky
• Fibres can change their length (longer, shorter) in relation to 45 humidity
• ‘Decorations’ on webs reflect UV light and are used to attract prey or act as
(function like) a 46 warning
Applications of spider silk
• Potential role in medicine: using silk and human muscle cells to create an
artificial (replacement) 47 heart
• Using the UV reflective principle, a type (special kind) of 48 glass has been
developed
• It aims(purpose) to reduce (reduction) the number of 49 birds which hit (Crash)
city buildings