Book 17 Listening Test 3

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Part 1: Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Advice on surfing holidays

Jack’s advice
  • Recommends surfing for (1) holidays in summer
  • Need to be quite (2)
Irish surfing locations
  • County Clare
    • Lahinch has some good quality (3) and surf schools
    • There are famous cliffs nearby
  • County Mayo
    • Good surf school at (4) beach
    • Surf camp lasts for one (5)
    • Can also explore the local (6) by kayak
Weather
  • Best month to go (7)
  • Average temperature in summer - approx. (8) degrees
Costs
  • Equipment
    • Wetsuit and surfboard – (9) euros per day
    • Also available to hire (10) for warmth

Part 2: Questions 11 and 12

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

11-12. Which TWO facts are given about the school’s extended hours childcare service?

Questions 13-15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

13. How much does childcare cost for a complete afternoon session per child?
14. What does the manager say about food?
15. What is different about arrangements in the school holidays?

Questions 16-20

What information is given about each of the following activities on offer?

Choose FIVE answers from the list below and select the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 16-20.

Information
  • A has limited availability
  • B is no longer available
  • C is for over 8s only
  • D requires help from parents
  • E involves an additional fee
  • F is a new activity
  • G was requested by children
16. Spanish
17. Music
18. Painting
19. Yoga
20. Cooking

Part 3: Questions 21-24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Holly’s Work Placement Tutorial

21. Holly has chosen the Orion Stadium placement because
22. Which aspect of safety does Dr Green emphasise most?
23. What does Dr Green say about the spectators?
24. What has affected the schedule in the past?

Questions 25-30

What do Holly and her tutor agree is an important aspect of each of the following events management skills?

Choose SIX answers from the list below and select the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 25-30.

Important Aspects
  • A being flexible
  • B focusing on details
  • C having a smart appearance
  • D hiding your emotions
  • E relying on experts
  • F trusting your own views
  • G doing one thing at a time
  • H thinking of the future
Events management skills
25. Communication
26. Organisation
27. Time management
28. Creativity
29. Leadership
30. Networking

Part 4: Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Bird Migration Theory

Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally.

Hibernation theory
  • It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in (31)
  • This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds.
Transmutation theory
  • Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer and winter.
  • In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of (32) and thought that they turned into robins.
  • Aristotle’s assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar (33)
17th century
  • Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the (34) in winter.
Scientific developments
  • In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its (35)
    • previously there had been no (36) that storks migrate to Africa
  • Little was known about the (37) and journeys of migrating birds until the practice of ringing was established.
    • It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they were considered incapable of travelling across huge (38)
    • Ringing depended on what is called the (39) of dead birds.
  • In 1931, the first (40) to show the migration of European birds was printed.
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