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Answer key and tapescript for

Paper 4: Listening

For all the questions in the Listening paper, you

get one mark for each correct answer In the real

exam, we adjust your total score to give you a

mark out of 40

Part 1

Answers

1 C

2 B

3 C

4 C

5 A

6 B

7 C

8 B

Tapescript

1 Man:

I’ve had quite a lot of experience in information

technology, most recently two years working for a

company that produced software for racing cars And

I learnt a lot from that, both technically and about

how to work in a team But then I started to find the

work repetitive, and felt it was time to move on,

which is when I saw that you were recruiting And I’m

sure that with my experience, I could make a success

of it, if you gave me the chance, although I know the

work is a bit different

2 Woman:

From an early age I pestered my parents for harp

lessons, but they just laughed I’d given up piano and

violin in tears and hate after very few lessons so how

could I expect them to spend several thousand

pounds on my next craze? But the craze didn’t go

away I listened to a lot of music and quietly wished

to be playing Halfway through university I was still

feeling the same way It was my roommate who gave

me the push I needed We were at a harp concert

listening to a soloist I was on the edge of my chair,

and she whispered in my ear, ‘Go and ask her if she’ll

give you lessons!’ As simple as that

3

Woman A: The food here’s excellent Typical of

the area, too

Woman B: Hope it’s better than the service

We’ve been waiting ages Is it noted for cooking round here?

Woman A: I like it Anyway, what do you think of

the place, in general?

Woman B: Oh it’s so old! If some of those houses

could talk, what a story they’d tell!

Woman A: I know what you mean But, do you

agree with me about it?

Woman B: Yes, you were right Street after street,

perfectly preserved

Woman A: I’m glad I brought you here before it

got ruined by crowds of tourists

Woman B: As it will Oh is that our waiter?

4 Man:

It was so exciting; the best game I’ve ever played and

I still think that I would have won The weather was just perfect, not too windy or hot This new graphite racket I’ve got is just superb; it’s light but really strong and there’s less impact on your hand and arm I mean I just couldn’t believe it when I broke my wrist

I think I must have slipped on some loose stones or something The next thing I knew I was down I was winning at that point too!

5 Woman:

It was great to work at this department store I only had a couple of days’ training, because I’d worked in shops before so I didn’t need much of that I was then sent to the Gift department, where I had to prepare gift boxes for lots of important companies This was Christmas time, their busiest time, so no two days were alike, the pressure was enormous and I became quite good at solving the variety of problems that would come up, things that I was quite unprepared for! Mind you, it also showed me how weak my computer skills were, so I’m now determined to go on

a course and improve them

6

Man: … and she’s been having these awful

headaches

Woman: When did they start?

Man: Well, she had the first bad one soon

after the holiday in the USA

Woman: Has she …

Man: She loved it, by the way, though she

didn’t want to go at first

Woman: But what about the headaches?

Man: Yes The doctor thinks it’s something

to do with worry Who knows?

Workload, maybe.

Woman: Perhaps it’s in the family?

Man: Possibly Her mother had several like it

when we moved house That was

worry She certainly doesn’t get them

from me – no I never have headaches

…

7 Woman:

Yes, yes, when I phoned they said she'd had the baby

and both mother and baby were doing fine Oh, I can't

believe I'm a grandmother and, actually, I didn't

really listen to what the nurse was saying on the

phone and then I realised I didn't know whether it was

a boy or girl When she told me it was a girl, I was over

the moon I'd only had sons myself Imagine Just wait

till I tell everybody at work

8 Woman:

I do mind litter We all pay to keep the environment

clean It’s selfish and annoying when people drop

things Even though the streets are cleaned every day,

it’s got worse You can’t help noticing it – there’re

very few places you don’t see litter any more

Mind you, it’s not just the young I think older people

are just as much to blame for dropping litter Young

people notice older ones and think, ‘Why should I

bother?’

If people don’t respect the environment by keeping it

clean, what kind of a world will we end up in?

Part 2 Answers

9 1903/nineteen hundred and three

10 zoo

11 army/military/armed forces

12 poor children

13 chair

14 arms [and] legs (in either order)

15 cry (for you)

16 face

17 box

18 (a) hat [and] shoes (in either order)

Tapescript

Interviewer: This summer, a huge sale of teddy bears

and dolls was held at a famous London sale room Some of the rarer toys were sold for hundreds or even thousands of pounds But they weren't destined for children's presents – the lucky new owners are adults Linda Banks has been a toy expert since the 1970s What are the most popular bears sold

at these auctions?

Linda: Oh, the hand-made Steiff bears,

everyone wants one Steiff is a German manufacturer who made the very first teddy bear in 1903

Interviewer: And what are they like?

Linda: Most Steiff bears are brown, the colour

of honey, so Steiff bears in other colours are obviously rarer and therefore more expensive He did make a few in red and black but they're not often found nowadays They're also very life-like, because Richard Steiff himself spent many hours sketching bears in his local zoo in order

to get the details exactly right

Interviewer: Is there anything else that might make

a teddy bear more valuable?

Linda: Yes, if a bear has an interesting story

to go with it

Interviewer: What do you mean?

Linda: Well, for example, a bear called Teddy

Girl is one of the most expensive bears

ever sold It made £110,000 – largely

due to its life-story Its owner was in

the army and he liked to take the bear

everywhere with him Its picture later

became the symbol of the club he set

up called Good Bears of the World,

which aims to give poor children a

teddy bear to play with So, you see,

all that increased the bear's value

considerably

Interviewer: Now what about dolls? I mean, many

of the dolls sold at auctions are much

older than even the oldest teddy bear,

aren't they?

Linda: Yes, in the recent sale, an 18 th -century

wooden doll was sold and it had a chair

to go with it

Interviewer: Were all dolls made of wood, Linda?

Linda: At first yes You see at that time only

rich children had dolls but by the 19 th

century more and more children went

to school, instead of going to work in

factories and mines They had time to

play, and cheaper dolls were made So

dolls from this time were made out of

wax or paper

Interviewer: And were these dolls like modern dolls

you get today?

Linda: No, they were quite different You

could only move their arms and legs

By the 20 th century, people wanted

their dolls to be more like real people

Nowadays you can do things like feed a

doll and it will even cry for you

Interviewer: What is it that people look for at an

auction?

Linda: Well, for the early examples, a doll's

face is really her fortune If it's really

appealing, you can get a high price for

it Some people will even buy one

separately, and find a body to go with

it afterwards Of course a doll also needs to be in good condition

Interviewer: Difficult if it's been played with a lot

Linda: Yes, and of course the most valuable

dolls are the ones which are still in the box they originally came in

Interviewer: Really?

Linda: Yes, that applies to modern dolls too

A particular type of doll, like a Barbie

or a Sindy doll from the 1960's, can sell for over a thousand pounds And some people like to collect the clothes that were designed particularly for them But it has to be complete, you know – the right dress must go with the right hat and the right shoes

Interviewer: Well Linda, I shall go home and see

what I can find in my attic Thanks very much for talking to us

Part 3

Answers

19 B

20 D

21 A

22 F

23 C

Tapescript

SPEAKER 1

One of my colleagues had sailed round the Greek Islands the year before, and really enjoyed it Well, I’d never sailed before, but I thought it sounded like a great idea Every little detail had been thought of – even for a beginner like myself I had a great time, but

I suspect the crew were a little disappointed with my progress – I think maybe I’m not cut out to be a sailor! Anyway, it was just as well it went so smoothly

as it wasn’t cheap

SPEAKER 2

It was my birthday and my wife had booked for us to

go to Venice on a luxury train I don’t know where she

found the money as it costs a fortune, but after all it’s

a once in a lifetime experience, isn’t it? We

eventually got to Venice, where we spent a couple of

days wandering around It was delightful – the only

thing is, I wish that we had come back on the same

train, rather than going there on it It was a bit of an

anti-climax coming home on an ordinary train after all

that luxury!

SPEAKER 3

Every year I go on a biking holiday and this year I

persuaded some friends to come with me to Holland

for a couple of days We planned to bike round the

countryside looking at the windmills and canals The

scenery was brilliant, and of course, everywhere was

perfect for biking because it’s so flat there We had

such a short time there that I imagined it would pass in

a flash However, we never felt rushed and managed

to see everything we wanted to We all decided we’d

go on holiday together again next year, to another

country, maybe skiing instead, for a change

SPEAKER 4

We decided to spend our holiday camping last year

We had all the stuff – you know the tent, the cooker,

the sleeping bags – for some time, but hadn’t got

round to using it, apart, that is, from letting the

children play at camping in the garden Anyway, we

were a bit short of cash but we felt we needed a break

so off we went to a site by the coast It’s not my

ideal kind of holiday but the site was so good that

we’ve decided to camp there on a regular basis from

now on

SPEAKER 5

When I was at university, one of my friends suggested

we go to Spain for Christmas This sounded great but

we were really hard up at the time Anyway, he

eventually convinced me to go from London by

non-stop coach – it was really cheap You only had an

ordinary seat to yourself and it was quite difficult to

get any sleep, but then I was young and I didn’t need

much It was worth it though, as we had a wonderful

holiday and the weather was so much better than it

was in London

Part 4

Answers

24 C

25 A

26 B

27 C

28 A

29 B

30 B

Tapescript

Interviewer: To find a young, glamorous woman

who has made her own fortune is rare: it's stranger still to find that she's made this money by selling American coffee

to the traditionally tea-drinking British public My guest today is Ally

Stevenson who runs the Express Coffee Company which now has over fifty stores throughout Britain Hello Ally

Interviewer: Now Ally, you run this company with

your husband Scott, so tell me how did

it all start?

Ally: Well, I've known Scott since I was

fifteen and after we'd both finished college in the States, he came to England because he'd got a job in a bank We weren't married then but I decided to follow him over here I had

a degree in Media Studies, so I got a job

in magazine publishing very quickly The coffee thing started when on my first morning here I told Scott I'd walk him to work and we'd stop for a latte, that's a milky coffee, on the way Scott looked at me blankly, and I just assumed he'd been working too hard and hadn't discovered where you could get great latte coffees in London I couldn't believe they weren't available! (Sound surprised) (laughs) Anyway, weeks, months eventually years passed I brought up the subject everywhere we went and people's eyes would light up I even wrote to US coffee operators to say what a huge

opportunity there was here But they

took ages to reply to my letters and

we were getting impatient Eventually,

we couldn't wait any longer and

decided to open a coffee bar

ourselves

Interviewer: Was it a problem getting the money to

start your own business?

Ally: Not really We were lucky that with

Scott's investment experience at the

bank we managed to find a lot of

people interested in helping us I gave

up my job and we opened our first

store during the hottest summer in

England for 200 years

Interviewer: Was that difficult?

Ally: A little uncomfortable You see

because the building was very old we

weren't allowed to put any air

conditioning in and there was this huge

coffee machine pumping out the heat

But it still worked
cos we got so

many customers we knew that it

proved we were doing the right thing

The next year Scott gave up his job and

we opened six more stores

Interviewer: It was more than your love of coffee

that made you want to run your own

business though, wasn't it?

Ally: Yeah, Scott and I have always wanted

to work together You see, one day it

suddenly occurred to me that it was

really stupid that every day we woke

up early, worked late, came home, and

knew we'd given all our attention and

commitment to the people we worked

with instead of to each other I mean,

we cared for those people But not as

much as the person we'd chosen to

marry We always thought that being

in business was something that other

people did and that you needed lots of

experience or particular skills to make

a success of it, but that’s just not true

Interviewer: Have you any advice for other people

who'd like to go into business?

Ally: Well, the only thing Scott and I might

say to people who want to know how

to start a successful business is make sure it's something you desperately want for yourself I think that's the key I'd never have the courage to do something like this again just because I thought it was a big financial business opportunity You need to want it so badly You must have a real purpose for doing it

Interviewer: It hasn't all been easy though has it?

Ally: I'd be lying if I said it was

straightforward Everywhere we turned there were problems We couldn't find things like cups and lids to sell the coffee with, because nobody sold them in this country, so we decided to import them There were lots of annoying things like that, but the best thing about running your own business

is that you find out that the world of business isn't as mysterious and grand

as you thought Suddenly you feel that you too have power Parents and friends often tell you that you can do anything, but when you've done something on such a grand scale, you start to believe it and it's fun

Interviewer: Ally, we wish you success and thanks

for being with us today