Test 3

LISTENING

PART 1  Question 1-10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Employmeny Agency: Possible Jobs

 First Job

 Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1  ( North London )

 Responsibilities

  • data entry
  • go to 2  and take notes
  • general admin
  • management of 3 

 Requirements

  • good computer skills including spreadsheets
  • good interpersonal skills
  • attention to 4 

 Experience

  • need a minimum of 5  of experience of teleconferencing

 

 Second Job

 Warehouse assistant in South London

 Responsibilities

  • stock management
  • managing 6 

 Requirements

  • ability to work with numbers
  • good computer skills
  • very organised and 7 
  • good communication skills
  • used to working in a 8 
  • able to cope with items that are 9 

 Need experience of

  • driving in London
  • warehouse work
  • 10  service

 

PART 2  Questions 11-20

Questions 11-16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C

11 When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

 A  two years ago

 B  three years ago

 C  six years ago

12 How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

 A once a week

 B on Saturdays and Sundays

 C once a month

13 Who is responsible for closing the road?

 A a council official

 B the police

 C local wardens

14 Residents who want to use their cars

 A have to park in another street.

 B must drive very slowly

 C need permission from a warden

15 Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in

 A wealthy areas.

 B quiet suburban areas.

 C areas with heavy traffic

16 What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

 A Many of them were unhappy at first

 B They like seeing children play in the street

 C They are surprised by the lack of noise. 

 

Question 17 and 18

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

 A increased physical activity

 B increased sense of independence

 C opportunity to learn new games

 D opportunity to be part of a community

 E opportunity to make new friends

 

Question 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

 A more shoppers

 B improved safety

 C less air pollution

 D more relaxed atmosphere

 E less noise pollution

 

PART 3  Questions 21-30

Questions 21-26

Complete the notes below

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer

 What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

  • what 21  the item is on
  • the 22  of the item, including the headline
  • any 23  accompanying the item
  • the 24  of the item, e.g. what's made prominent
  • the writer's main 25  
  • the 26  the writer may make about the reader

 

Questions 27-30

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 27-30.

 A She will definitely look for a suitable article.

 B She may look for a suitable article.

 C She definitely won't look for an article

 

Types of articles

27 national news item 

28 editorial 

29 human interest 

30 arts 

 

PART 4  Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

 Prehistoric times:

  • water was used to wash off 31 

 Ancient Babylon:

  • soap-like material found in 32  cylinders

 Ancient Greece:

  • people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
  • used a strigil-scraper made of 33 
  • washed clothes in streams

 Ancient Germany and Gaul

  • used soap to colour their 34 

 Ancient Rome:

  • animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
  • from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35  by aqueducts

 Europe in Middle Ages:

  • decline in bathing contributed to occurence of 36 
  • 37  began to be added to soap

 Europe from 17th century:

  • 1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
  • 1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38 
  • early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39 
  • from 1800s, there was no longer a 40  on soap