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LiSTEning PART 1 13/14 B/C (in any order)
Questions 1–10 Distraction A: The speaker mentions rivers and
streams, but in the context that it might not be a
1 05443CHI771 good idea to put tents next to them; D: The speaker
2 Market talks about not burning the food, but this is food the
3 018 669 925 participants have brought with them – they don’t
4 storm The man explains that the storm caused a big have to look for food along the track.
tree to fall over and hit the house. 15 C We can understand the idea of ‘being closed to
Distraction Although the tree is the more immediate the public’ from ‘people aren’t allowed to use [the
cause of the damage to the house, it’s not possible track] at the moment’. The speaker explains that
to say ‘during a tree’. this is due to maintenance [= repair] work.
5 glasses The man explains that his child/eight- 16 B We are told that it is easy for people to slip on the
year-old daughter left her glasses on her desk, and rocks as they cross Blue River, and that they may

these were scratched as a result of the tree coming have to cross the river several times.
through the window. 17 D The Pioneer Track is divided into two sections
Distraction The man says that his daughter’s because it ‘ends’ at the town of Richmond, and then
headphones were also on the desk, but these were continues on the other side of town.
not damaged. Therefore, he is not claiming for these. 18 A We know that Edgewater is busy with walkers
6 carpet The idea of ‘new’ can be understood when because of the paraphrase ‘it’s very popular’ and
the man explains that ‘just last month, we’d gone ‘other groups out walking on the way’.
shopping’ and ‘We’d only had it for a couple of 19 B The Murray Track may be unsafe because part of it

weeks.’ goes along a cliff where the track is narrow.
7 curtain The man explains that this was damaged by 20 A Lakeside is ‘a bit of a tourist attraction’ and the
the tree. participants will probably have to share ‘the track
Distraction We are told that the ‘books’ and with many other visitors’.
‘computer’ were not damaged – so the man has no LiSTEning PART 3
need to claim for these items.
8 garage The man says that the tree also hit the door Questions 21–30
to the garage, and that they can’t open it anymore. 21 B Finn refers to articles which focus on ‘the
Distraction The woman asks whether it’s the door changing nature of jobs’, and Kiara supports this by
‘to the back of the house?’, but the man explains saying how the articles suggest we ‘forget the way
that the house door is not damaged. things used to happen’. She says that the tradition
9 Honeywell of starting out as an apprentice and then remaining
in the same company for years is finished.
10 fence The man confirms he will take photographs Distraction A: Although Kiara refers to people
of the damaged fence before the builder starts work ‘who’ve been in work for years’ [= older employees],
on it.
she says that the articles she’s read were written for
LiSTEning PART 2 young employees, too.
Questions 11–20 22 A Kiara explains that many businesses [= companies]
are no longer using the phrase ‘job title’. This is
11/12 A/B (in any order) because the work that they are offering is for a

Distraction C: The speaker refers to different temporary period – they want to hire people to work
activities such as trekking and kayaking, but does on a particular project.
not suggest these are new skills; D: The speaker Distraction B: When Kiara talks about a person’s
refers to different landscapes, e.g. mountains, forests social circle, she is describing their friends.

and the coast, but does not say the participants will Colleagues are people you interact with at work.
be studying issues connected to them. Kiara explains that in the past, some people liked