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Exam practice Complex prepositions and prepositions after verbs 24

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Listening Part 1
DE You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1 —6, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits
best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.

Extract One
You hear two friends talking about doing team sports in the schools they went to.
Which aspect of participating in team sports do the friends disagree about?
1
that it kept them fit
A
that they made good Mends as a result
C that competition in team sports is positive

In the man's opinion, team sports at his school
2
helped him to avoid failure in later life.
A
distracted him from his academic studies.
C encouraged him to do sport as an adult.

Extract 7Wo
You hear two friends talking about reading.
What is the woman doing during the conversation?
3
A
persuading the man to use his e-reader
complaining about paperback books
C encouraging the man to read more
4
What reason does the man give for preferring printed books to e-readers?
They are easier to nsad.
A
They display a person's interests.
C They can be shared with friends.

Extract Three

You hear two people talking about receiving marketing texts on mobile phones.
5 Why doesn't the man like marketing texts?
A They are not interesting.
They are not effective.
C They are usually unwanted.

6
How does the woman respond to the man's criticism of marketing texts?
A She says people are interested in receiving them.
She says she sends them to people who have agreed to receive them.
She says it can be difficult to prevent companies breaking the rules.
C

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