Book 15 Listening Test 3

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 17-20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

17-18. 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

19-20. 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?

Select the correct letter A, B or C from the dropdown.

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

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