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8 09 Now listen to Extract Three. For questions 5
and 6 choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best.
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You hear two scientists discussing travel to other planets
near other stars.
What does the woman say is the main obstacle to using
nuclear propulsion for spaceships?
" the danger to Earth
# international agreements
$ the technology involved
What does the man think would be the main difficulty
of using a conventional spaceship?
" persuading people to travel in it
4 In Extract Two you will hear two people discussing # preventing conflict among the crew
the limits to human ability in Olympic sports. $ giving purpose to the crew’s lives
Before you listen: do you think athletes will
continue to break records or is there a limit to their Exam advice
improvement?
t Listen to the whole piece before you choose: the
5 08 Now listen to Extract Two. For questions 3 and answer may depend on the general idea rather than a
4 choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best. few words.
t If you are not sure about the answer after listening the
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first time, try to decide which answers you think are
You hear two people discussing the future of Olympic wrong before you listen the second time.
sports.
The man says that in future new Olympic records will
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" improve only slightly on previous records. 9 In each of these extracts from the recordings, use
# become increasingly frequent as athletes improve. a verb from the box in the correct form to form a
$ attract less attention from the news media. collocation with the noun in bold.
The two speakers agree about
" the effect of professionalism on sporting break embark engage in have (x3) lose
achievement. make undergo
# the need for more specialised sports equipment.
$ the prospects for genetic engineering in sports. People’s entire world view a profound
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6 Work in small groups. Do you think people should Over the next hundred years railways a
devote so much effort to breaking world records? radical JNQBDU on the countryside.
Why (not)? This a subtle but distinct FGGFDU on the
way people regarded their place in the world.
7 In Extract Three you will hear two scientists talking
about travelling in spaceships to other stars. Before I doubt if any other invention such a
you listen, profound JOnVFODF on the human psyche.
Do you think people will JOUFSFTU
t would you like to go on a journey like this? in Olympic events when athletes no longer
t what problems do you think this sort of journey would records?
pose for the spaceship’s crew? I can’t imagine anyone such a
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Even if there were a couple of hundred people
prepared to on a KPVSOFZ like this, they
and their descendants would have to live together on
the ship all their lives.
What BDUJWJUJFT would they during all
this time?
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