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Approximately 50 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● Dictionaries are not allowed.
INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 40.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
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Exercise 1
You will hear four short recordings. Answer each question on the line provided. Write no more than
three words, or a number, for each answer.
1 (a) What does the man most recommend visiting in the town?
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(b) Which area of the town does the man think it is best to stay in?
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2 (a) Which product does the woman have a problem with now?
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(b) What does the woman want the company to email her?
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4 (a) What does the man still need volunteers to help with at the race?
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[Total: 8]
Exercise 2
5 You will hear a headteacher telling students about their new school building. Listen to the talk and
complete the details below. Write one or two words, or a number, in each gap.
A ................................... will be arranged for students to find out more about the building.
[8]
Exercise 3
6 You will hear six people talking about clothes. For each of the speakers 1 to 6, choose from the
list, A to G, which opinion each speaker expresses. Write the letter in the appropriate box. Use
each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.
Speaker 4 D It’s better to buy fewer items and get better quality.
Speaker 5 E I think more people should learn to make their own clothes.
Exercise 4
7 You will hear an interview with a woman called Lina Edwards, who runs a flower‑arranging
business. Listen to the interview and look at the questions. For each question, choose the correct
answer, A, B or C, and put a tick (✓) in the appropriate box.
(a) What gave Lina the idea for starting her business?
A a childhood interest
B a friend’s marriage
B watching a relative
(c) Lina says that many people fail to realise that professional flower arrangers need to
A be well organised.
(d) Lina feels that the hardest thing about working with flowers is
(f) How has Lina made her business more environmentally friendly?
(g) Lina says that the best thing she has done this year has been
A judging a competition.
B creating a TV show.
A produce a book
B train an assistant
[Total: 8]
Exercise 5
8 (a) You will hear a man giving a talk to a group of students about air traffic control. Listen to the
talk and complete the notes in Part (a). Write one or two words only in each gap.
An ................................... controller is a type of air traffic controller who deals with aircraft that are
preparing to land.
Aircraft waiting to land are placed in what is known as a ................................... when an airport is busy.
The most important requirement is that an air traffic controller has excellent ................................... skills.
[5]
(b) Now listen to a conversation between two students about an unusual airport in Scotland, and
complete the sentences in Part (b). Write one or two words only, or a number, in each gap.
Barra Airport
The airport beach is popular with people collecting ................................... .
The number of travellers using the airport each year is ................................... , on average.
[5]
[Total: 10]
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