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INTERNATIONAL GCSE
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Listening Paper

Thursday 16 May 2024 07:00 GMT Time allowed: 45 minutes

(including 5 minutes’ reading time before the test)
Materials For Examiner’s Use
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• Listen to the recording again and then answer the questions. TOTAL
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• The maximum mark for this paper is 40.
• You must not use a dictionary.

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Listen carefully to the following statements. You will hear each statement twice.

Write the correct letter in the box for questions 01 to 04.

0 1 . 1 Where is the speaker going next year?

[1 mark]

A Canada

B Italy

C Japan

0 1 . 2 Does the speaker travel with his family?

[1 mark]

A Yes

B No

C He does not say

0 2 . 1 What musical instrument does the speaker play?

[1 mark]

A Drums

B Guitar

C Piano

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[1 mark]

A Mondays and Fridays

B Mondays and Saturdays

C Saturdays only

0 3 . 1 What was this week’s radio show about?

[1 mark]

A Basketball

B Cricket

C Football

0 3 . 2 When will this week’s show be repeated?

[1 mark]

A Next year

B Saturday afternoon

C Thursday evening

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0 4 . 1 Which one of these is given as the most important reason to read? box

[1 mark]

A It helps with spelling.

B It is a lot of fun.

C It teaches students new words.

0 4 . 2 Which type of stories are least popular with students?

[1 mark]

A Adventure stories

B Crime stories

C Fantasy stories

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Liz and Kim are doing a presentation about different careers.

You will hear each statement twice.

Listen carefully to the presentation and answer the following questions.

0 5 What subject did each speaker study at university?

[2 marks]

Liz

Kim

0 6 Give one advantage and one disadvantage of teaching according to Kim.

[2 marks]

Advantage

Disadvantage

0 7 Liz says that being a writer is a great career choice.

List two positive things about being a writer.

[2 marks]

0 8 Kim suggests three ways that students could find out about careers.

List two ways she mentions.

[2 marks]

2 8

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Ahmed is giving a talk about how older people can stay healthy.

You will hear each statement twice.

Listen carefully to the talk and fill in the gaps in the notes below.

0 9 Number of older people who exercise:

According to a survey, % of older people never exercise at all.

[1 mark]

1 0 Benefits of exercise:

One of the benefits of exercise is that it makes you feel .

Ahmed also says that he has made many new since

he started going to the gym.

[2 marks]

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1 1 Challenges of starting to exercise again: box

Ahmed explains that he didn’t feel when he started

going to the gym. He expected people to laugh at him.

Ahmed discovered that younger people at the gym were very

and showed him how to use the .

[3 marks]

1 2 A healthy diet:

Ahmed explains that he used to eat unhealthily. One unhealthy thing he used to

eat was .

Eating healthily has benefited Ahmed. When he goes to the gym, he has a lot more

.
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Sisi and Jing are talking about watching football.

You will hear each statement twice.

Listen carefully to their conversation and then answer the questions that follow.

1 3 How many games have Sisi’s team won this season?

[1 mark]

1 4 Why did Jing stop going to football matches?

[1 mark]

1 5 Sisi explains what she does before a football game.

List three things she does.

[3 marks]

1 6 Jing explains why he prefers to watch football on TV.

List three reasons why he prefers to do this.

[3 marks]

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Listen to the following talk. It is part of a podcast about the use of phones and tablets in schools.

You will hear each statement twice.

Listen carefully to the talk and then answer the questions that follow.

1 7 According to the speaker, what is the main reason young people use phones?

Write the correct letter in the box.

[1 mark]

A Entertainment

B Financial matters

C Social purposes

1 8 The speaker states that there has been an ‘explosion in technology’.

Explain in your own words what this phrase means.

[2 marks]

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1 9 The speaker explains some of the disadvantages of young people using phones. box

What disadvantages does he mention for each aspect of students’ lives?

Complete the table below. The final column has been completed as an example.
[2 marks]

Concentration Personal Health

Becoming less active

2 0 The speaker states that a school in Spain is ‘leading the pack’ in terms of attitudes
towards phones in school.

Explain in your own words what this phrase means.

[2 marks]

2 1 What is the overall message the speaker gives in this podcast?

Write the correct letter in the box.

[1 mark]

A Teachers should always allow students to use their phones.

B There are different views about phone use in schools.

C Things were much easier for students in the past.

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