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5  The most popular sports are football, tennis and     6  Should creative subjects like art be taught in
                     rugby.                                       schools? Yes, they should / No, they shouldn’t.
                   6  If they opened a new cinema, a lot of people would   (Students’ own answers.)
                     go to it.                                  7  Would you choose to study different subjects if you
                   7  Although there is a youth club, not many people   could? / If you could, would you choose to study
                     use it.                                      different subjects? Yes, I would / No, I wouldn’t.
                   8  Finally, I would recommend building a new   (Students’ own answers.)
                     swimming pool.                             8  Do you enjoy learning about maths and science?
                                                                  Yes, I do / No, I don’t. (Students’ own answers.)
                 Writing Part 2:6                             2  1  h      2  c       3  a       4  f
                 1  1  stood             7  said                5  e       6  d       7  g       8  b
                   2  was waiting / waited    8  asked        3  1  C      2  A       3  B       4  B
                   3  had called         9  was watching        5  A       6  C       7  C       8  B
                   4  hadn’t given       10  had been
                   5  didn’t know        11  was holding
                   6  came               12  shouted           Narrator:     Track 1 Listening Part 1,
                                                                            Worksheet 1.
                 2  Sample answer
                   When Max opened the letter, he was so excited that        You will hear people talking in eight
                   that he started dancing around the room. “I won the   different situations. For questions 1–8,
                   competition! We’re going to Hollywood!” he shouted.   choose the best answer (A, B or C).
                   Six weeks earlier, Max had written a film script for   Narrator:  Question 1. You hear a woman
                   a film-making competition. The prize was a trip to     telling her son about her favourite
                   Hollywood with his family. Max was passionate about   school teacher.
                   films, so this was like a dream come true for him.  Boy:     Did you have a favourite teacher at
                   When the day came to set off, Max was nervous         school, Mum?
                   that something would go wrong. They arrived at the   Woman:     Good question! … I remember we had
                   airport early, to make sure they didn’t miss their    this history teacher, Mr Evans, … I was
                   flight. In fact, everything went smoothly, and ten     fascinated by the way he taught. He was
                   hours later they landed in America.
                   Hollywood was incredible! Max loved the film sets,     just so into history. I could listen to him
                                                                         talk for hours and everything he said
                   and watching famous film directors in action. But the   would stick with me, even if I didn’t write
                   highlight of the trip was when they met the actor Ben   anything down. Sometimes he’d read an
                   Smith unexpectedly as he was getting ready for his    account of an event aloud and although
                   next scene. He was really friendly, and offered Max   he was no actor, somehow I felt like I’d
                   lots of advice and encouragement.
                   When Max arrived back home two weeks later, he        gone right back in time, to when the
                                                                         action was happening. He was pretty
                   couldn’t wait to tell his friends about everything that he   serious – I don’t remember laughing the
                   had seen and done. It had been an amazing adventure!
                                                                         way I did in other classes – but I loved
                 3  1  impatiently       5  proudly                      every minute.
                   2  furiously          6  unexpectedly       Narrator:   Now listen again.
                   3  cheerfully         7  honestly           Narrator:  Question 2. You hear a girl talking
                   4  confidently         8  nervously
                                                                         about maths.
                 Listening Part 1:1                            Girl:       People often ask why I like maths so
                                                                         much, and if I find it easy. Well, no,
                 1  1  Are you in education at the moment? Yes, I am /   I don’t. But if it wasn’t a challenge, I
                     No, I’m not. (Students’ own answers.)               wouldn’t be half as excited about it. I
                   2  Did you have a favourite teacher at school? Yes,    can spend hours working on a single
                     I did / No, I didn’t. (Students’ own answers.)      maths problem – I don’t give up till I’ve
                   3  Is there a subject you’d like to know more about?   got the right answer. And that’s the
                     Yes, there is / No, there isn’t. (Students’ own     great thing about maths – it’s either
                     answers.)                                           right or wrong. If you work hard enough,
                   4  Have you ever found a subject challenging? Yes, I   you can always get a hundred per
                     have / No, I haven’t. (Students’ own answers.)      cent and that’s so satisfying. Some
                   5  Can you speak more than two languages? Yes, I      mathematicians talk about how ‘maths
                     can / No, I can’t. (Students’ own answers.)



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