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Listening Set 2
Part 1
Questions 1 to 7
You will hear people talking in seven different situations. For questions 1 to 7, choose the
correct answer (A, B or C).
You will hear each recording twice. Answer all the questions.
1. Tomorrow, the weather in the east of the country will be
A. stormy in the morning
B. sunny in the afternoon
C. foggy in the evening
2. What does she enjoy most about it?

A. getting some exercise each morning
B. avoiding the traffic into town
C. thinking about the day ahead
3. The man says that one of the rules is that

A. you have to be over sixteen to enter.
B. you can submit more than one entry.
C. your entry must be emailed.
4. Why did she miss her flight?

A. She was held up by traffic.
B. There was a long queue at check-in.
C. She went to the wrong terminal.
5. What attracted him to this job?

A. the type of work
B. the opportunities for promotion
C. the salary offered
6. Why does she decide to go to the 6th floor first?

A. because there’s an escalator straight to the 6th floor.
B. because she has to by something that is large and heavy.
C. to get more information
7. When did the Queen get married to her husband, Prince Philip?
A. when she was twenty-one
B. when she was forty-seven
C. after she became a Queen
[7
marks]
Part 2
Questions 8 to 15
You will hear about doing a digital detox. For questions 8 to 15, circle the correct answer (A,
B or C).
You will hear each recording twice. Answer all the questions.
8. The radio host says that a digital detox

A. means we are in front of screens all the time.
B. is something younger people are trying more.
C. is important for our health.
9. Which sentence is not true about Amanda Vince’s job?

A. She is online a lot of the time.
B. She follows fashion on social media.
C. She uploads her own videos to social media.
10. What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?

A. Log Off: How to Stay Connected after Disconnecting
B. Log Off: How to Disconnect and Stay Disconnected
C. Log Off: Advice for the Digital Detox
11. The first step in a digital detox is to get rid of distractions, such as
A. noises the phone makes.
B. screens in your home and workplace.
C. the bright colour on your phone.
12. Amanda removed notifications from

A. her close family and friends.
B. everything except important people in her life.
C. everything except very important work-related things.
13. The book also suggested that
A. we replace digital distractions with real-world ones.
B. we think about the reason we are looking at our phones so much.
C. we try to be more polite with our phones around people.
14. Amanda and her partner

A. tried a two-day digital detox first.
B. found it impossible to completely disconnect.
C. found it very easy to do a digital detox for a weekend.
15. Amanda believes that a digital detox

A. is not a good idea if you have a lot of work.
B. is better if it’s for a week, not just a weekend.
C. is something everyone will enjoy.
[8 marks]
Part 3
Questions 16 to 20
You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about habits they find difficult to
control. For questions 16 to 20, chose from the list (A to G) what each speaker says. Use the
letters only once. There are two extra letters which you do not need to use.
You will hear the recording twice. Answer all the questions.
Speaker 1 16
Speaker 2 17
Speaker 3 18
Speaker 4 19
Speaker 5 20
A. eating unhealthy food
B. doing too much exercise
C. buying unnecessary items
D. watching too much television
E. spending too much time online
F. oversleeping
G. arriving late for everything
[5 marks]
Part 4
Questions 21 to 30
You will hear a lecture about a science experiment. For questions 21 to 30, fill in the missing
information in each numbered space.
Use NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each space.
You will hear the lecture twice. Answer all the questions.
A Science Experiment: Pitch Drop
This experiment holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest-running
___________(21). It began in ___________(22). It’s called the __________(23) drop
experiment. Professor Thomas Parnell wanted to show in this experiment that everyday
materials can have quite surprising ___________(24).
When pitch is at room temperature, you can break it____________(25). Professor

Parnel put pitch into a glass funnel, let it cool, then turned it ____________(26) down and
cut off the top. In total, only ____________ (27) drops have fallen from the funnel. The next
pitch drop is expected to fall in the ______________(28). In 1988, the scientist responsible
for the experiment missed seeing the pitch drop by _______________(29) minutes. The
speaker notes it’s interesting how news about a slow experiment can spread
____________(30).

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2. What does she enjoy most about it?

3. The man says that one of the rules is that

4. Why did she miss her flight?

5. What attracted him to this job?

6. Why does she decide to go to the 6th floor first?

8. The radio host says that a digital detox

9. Which sentence is not true about Amanda Vince’s job?

10. What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?

12. Amanda removed notifications from

14. Amanda and her partner

15. Amanda believes that a digital detox

A Science Experiment: Pitch Drop

When pitch is at room temperature, you can break it____________(25). Professor

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