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Listening Part 1
In Listening Part 1, you will hear the
context-setting sentence for each
6 You will hear people talking in eight diferent situations.
For questions 1–8, choose the best answer (A, B or C). question. Use the time given to
read the question and the options
1 You hear a father talking to his son about university. before you listen.
Why did the father leave university before he graduated?
A He wanted to get married. 5 You hear a girl leaving a phone message for a friend.
B He failed his irst-year exams.
Why is she calling?
C He needed to start working.
A to borrow some books
2 You hear two students talking about the B to ask for advice
university library. C to discuss a talk she has given
How does the man feel about using the library?
6 You hear two students talking about using tablets
A He gets frustrated that it takes so long to get at school.
the books.
The boy says that tablets
B He wishes it were easier to access the internet there.
C He would go there more oten if he had time. A are more economical in the long run.
B are nicer to handle than books.
3 You hear a student talking to a friend about his C are easier to store at school.
new school.
Why would he prefer to be at his old school? 7 You hear a man talking about a book.
A He doesn’t like being away from home. What does he say about it?
B He inds the classes at his new school too demanding. A It reminded him of his own life.
C He is missing out on opportunities. B Someone encouraged him to buy it.
C He had a feeling it would be good.
4 You hear a student talking to a friend about a history
report he has written. 8 You hear a boy talking to a friend about studying
Why does he want his friend to read it? ater school.
A It’s a project they have done together. What does he say about it?
A He is easily put of by noise.
B He wants to know if it is well written.
B He oten needs help with it.
C He knows she is good at history.
C He does very little schoolwork at home.

Reading and Use of English Part 3
Always check to see if an
For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in answer needs to be in a
capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that its in negative or a plural form.
the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

A unique approach to learning
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study which has been
measuring 15-year-old school pupils’ scholastic (0) performance in mathematics, science and reading PERFORM

since 2000. Finland has (1) performed highly on the PISA test and other nations are REPEAT
(2) in knowing why. There are some key (3) in how Finnish schools are run, INTEREST/DIFFER
starting with a high teacher-student ratio. To avoid having (4) and tired students, school MOTIVATE
doesn’t start until 9 am., and the day ends relatively early, in (5) with other countries, COMPARE
usually ater only two or three lessons with 20-minute breaks between them.
The overall system is not there to force (6) into students, but to create an environment INFORM
of integrated learning which boosts collaboration and (7) . They have the least amount CREATE
of homework of any students in the world, spending an average of only half an hour a night on it.
Finnish students do nearly all of their study at school in a low-stress atmosphere that puts an equal
focus on acquiring (8) and growing as a human being. KNOW

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