LISTENING TEST 1

PART 1       Question 1 – 10

Questions 1−6

Complete the table below.

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

Beechen Festival

 Date

	Time	Activity	Place	Comments
June 19th	7 p.m.	Example Concert	the 1 …………..
June 20th	2 ………….. p.m.	tour	meet at the 3 …………..	includes a visit to an old flour mill
June 21st	all day	children’s 4 ………….. competition	Beechen Community Centre	bring a 5 …………..
June 21st	evening	fireworks	by the 6 …………..

Questions 7−10

Complete the notes below.

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

• This year, activities end by 7………………… p.m.
• There won’t be any 8…………………… in the town centre this year.
• The festival’s web address is www.9 ………………… com.
• Festival organisers would like to receive 10…………………. online.

PART 2                         Questions 11-20

Questions 11−14

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

 Walking Holiday

11. Approximately how many passengers does the ferry hold?

1. 160
2. 600
3. 2000

12. Which items should the tourists pack in a separate bag?

1. food
2. reading material
3. medicines

13. The hostel in La Vega de Liebana has

1. good washing facilities
2. a games
3. a number of single bedrooms

14. Residents at the hostel are not allowed to

1. take furniture out of the hostel
2. enter the hostel after a certain time
3. smoke in the hostel gardens

Questions 15−17

Complete the notes below.

 Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Clothes and equipment

Bring:

boots with thick soles

spare 15 ……………….

light waterproofs

sun scream: strength -16 ……………….

a 17 ……………….  folder for map, etc.

Questions 18−20

Choose THREE letters, A-G.

Which THREE of the following features of the area in Spain does the speaker talk about?

1. altitude
2. coastline
3. economy
4. temperatures
5. vegetation
6. wildlife

PART 3                             Questions 21-30

Questions 21−24

Choose the correct letter, A. B or C.

Peer Assessment

21. Sally says many students see peer assessment as

1. a way for tutors to save time.
2. a useful learning tool
3. a valuable form of assessment

22. What do Steve and Sally agree is an advantage of peer assessment?

1. It’s more reliable than self−assessment.
2. It increases students’ self−awareness
3. It builds rapport between students

23. If the peer assessment marks seem incorrect,

1. students should mark the assignments
2. the tutor should check those assignments
3. the marking criteria should be rewritten

24. How were the presentations in the research project marked?

1. Students and lecturers marked all the presentations
2. Students chose which presentations they wanted to mark
3. Lecturers marked a selection of presentations.

Questions 25 − 30

How did the following categories of student markers compare with the rest of the group when marking student presentations?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 25−30.

A They gave higher marks.
B They gave lower marks.
C Their marks were not significantly different

 Categories of student markers

25. male students marking female presenters ………….

26. female students marking male presenters ………….

27. female students marking female presenters ………….

28. younger students marking older presenters ………….

29. students marking presenters from a different university ………….

30. students who had helped set criteria ………….

PART 4                            Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Bislama – The Pidgin English Language of Vanuatu

Languages in Vanuatu
Local languages:    Actively spoken languages:    81
Declining languages:               17
                                31 …………………… languages  8
Total:                                          106
Foreign languages: English is used in the 32……………………..system

Bislama
• It is spoken by 90% of the population today.
• In the past this language was described as 33 …………………… .

History of Bislama
• Around 1800 it was used as a common language on many ships.
• After 1860 Vanuatu people worked in Australian 34 ……………………
• After 1950 people moved to the 35 ……………………

Description of Bislama
General
• Bislama should be called a 36…………………….’ pidgin.

Vocabulary
• Most words come from English.
• Words such as <from= may have more 37…………………….. in Bislama.
• Less than 10% of words are of 38……………………..origin.
• Pacific words describe the natural world and also local 39 ……………………

Grammar
• It is based on Vanuatu languages.
• The word <long= acts as an important 40…………………….. in Bislama.

 

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SUGGESTED ANSWERS

PART 1 Beechen Festival

1. theater
2. 4:30
3. station
4. cooking
5. plate
6. river
7. 11:15
8. parking
9. events
10. feedback

PART 2 Walking holiday
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. socks
16. total block
17. plastic
18. A
19. E
20. F

PART 3 Peer assessment
21. A
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. B
26. C
27. C
28. A
29. C
30. B

PART 4 Bislama – The Pidgin English language of Vanuatu
31. extinct
32. education
33. discouraged
34. plantations
35. city
36. developed
37. meanings
38. French
39. culture
40. preposition