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Class:______________ School:_________________________
Date:____/____/______ 0993_4A_C_13_qp

Name:________________________________________

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Exercise (1)
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Exercise (2)
Teacher Comments:
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Exercise (3)

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Exercise (4)

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Exercise (5)

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Exercise 1

You will hear eight short recordings. For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D, and put a
tick (!) in the appropriate box.

You will hear each recording twice.

1 (a) Who will the students interview for the college magazine?

secretary HR Librarian
Doctor

A B C D

(b) Which picture do they decide to use on the front cover of the next magazine?

Science lab Best teacher Historical man sport(s) day

A B C D

2 (a) What time is the boy’s appointment with the doctor?

4.30 5.30 4.45 5.45

A B C D

(b) Which street is the doctor’s surgery on?

The next street Black house

21-Michelin Black horse
after the hospital

A B C D
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3 (a) What is the name of the company that won the ‘New Business of the Year’ award?

Catering Wild food spare seat Future

A B C D

(b) Where does the company director come from?

Australia brazil India Kazakhstan

A B C D

4 (a) Which subject would the student like to study at university?

Computer
English Business economics
science

A B C D

(b) What is the deadline for the student to complete his application form?

February
April 1 December First of May

A B C D

[Total: 8]
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Exercise 2
Question 5
You will hear a student giving a talk to his class about names for the moon. Listen to the talk and tick (A) (B)
or (C) below.

Names for the moon

A blue moon

1 • There is disagreement about the ................................... of a blue moon. [1]

A.definition
B. Color

C.size

2 • In 1946, an amateur astronomer wrote in a magazine called ................................... [1]

A.blue moon

B.the moon
C.telescope today

that a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month.

3 • The date of the next blue moon will be on ................................... . [1]

A.31 jan

B.30 Jan

C.A and B

4 • The phrase ‘ ................................... a blue moon’ is confusing. [1]

A.once in
B. Twice

C.over

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5 • In every ................................... , a blue moon occurs seven times. [1]

A. 19 years

B.nineteen years
C.2.7 years

6 • A moon can appear blue after a ................................... or due to smoke from a volcano. [1]

A.forest fire
B.dust rises

C. Smoke

Names for full moons

Native Americans gave each month’s full moon a name.

Examples of what the moons are named after include:

7 • animals (e.g. ................................... – the first moon of the year) [1]

A. Various

B.wolf

C.fox moon

8 • fruit (e.g. ................................... ). [1]

A.banana
B.strawberry

C.Apple

[Total: 8]

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Question 6

You will hear six people talking about learning a new language. For each of 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.

You will hear the recordings twice.

Speaker 1 A You should go to the country where it is spoken.

Speaker 2 B If you learn on your own at home, you won’t speak naturally.

Speaker 3 C You’ll have more fun if you join a class with a good teacher.

Speaker 4 D It’s hard to motivate yourself if you try learning alone at home.

Speaker 5 E Look online – there’s so much free software for language learning.

Speaker 6 F Full-time classes are too expensive – you need to study at home.

G Meet a group of people regularly for speaking practice.

[Total: 6]
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Question 7

You will hear a teacher talking to a professional musician called Tomas Linder about his work. 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.

You will hear the interview twice.

(a) Tomas decided he would like to become a professional musician after he

A went to a concert.

B won a prize.

C received a present. [1]

(b) Which instrument did Tomas take up first?

A the violin

B the piano

C the guitar [1]

(c) What does Tomas say about his music degree?

A He feels there was too much focus on theory.

B He wishes he had studied harder.

C He regrets changing course. [1]

(d) Tomas says the best thing about working as a professional musician is

A writing his own music.

B playing in an orchestra.

C recording music in a studio. [1]

(e) Tomas feels the most challenging aspect of his work is

A the long hours.

B the irregular pay.

C the amount of travelling. [1]

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(f) Tomas believes the most important factor to consider if you want to become professional is

A your skill as a musician.

B your confidence as a performer.

C your motivation to keep practising. [1]

(g) What does Tomas prefer to do first when he has a new piece of music to play?

A analyse the notes

B listen to a recording

C play it all the way through [1]

(h) What is Tomas going to do next?

A write a book about the cello

B start learning a new instrument

C teach children at a primary school [1]

[Total: 8]

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Exercise 5

Question 8
Part A
You will hear a biologist giving a talk about the problems caused by people gathering wild mushrooms. Listen to
the talk and tick (A) (B) or (B) in Part A. You will hear the talk twice.

Gathering wild fungi (mushrooms)

Is it a good or bad thing? Mushroom gathering is a popular activity worldwide.

1 • The ................................... of mushroom gathering in some locations is causing

problems.
A.scale

B.clolor
C.shape

2 • Conservation groups are worried about the ................................... of forests by

pickers.
A.disappearance
B.disturbance
C.destruction

3 • The appearance of wild mushrooms can be compared to things

from ................................... .
A.oceans
B.space
C.deserts

4 • One of the most popular edible mushrooms is called the ................................... mushroom, because of
where it is found.
A.pine
B.oyster

C.hedgehog

5 • Mushrooms and trees depend on each other – mushrooms provide

................................... and protect the tree roots.

A.protien
B.oxygen

C.minerals

[5]

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Part B
Now listen to a conversation between two students about wild mushrooms, and tick (A) (B) or (C) in Part B.

Wild mushrooms

1 These are a group of mushrooms which grow like a ................................... on trees. One is called a
beefsteak mushroom:

A.shelf
B.tooth
C.bracket

• It is edible.
2 • It produces liquid that looks like ................................... .
A.ink
B.milk
C.blood

3 • It has a very strong ................................... .

A.flavour
B.colour
C.smell
What to avoid
Many species are poisonous.

4 Mushrooms without roots have high levels of ................................... in them.

A.toxin

B.radiation
C.nutrition

Courses
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The students decide to go on a course called ................................... .
A.eating nature
B.mushroom hunt
C.hidden secrets