Listening Practice Test 5, Answers are given at the end of the test.
Part 1: Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Employment 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 organized 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 11-16
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
Street Play Scheme
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
Questions 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
Questions 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 21-26
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 for 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 occurrence 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