Approximately 40 minutes (including 5 minutes transfer time)

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1 FIRST Listening SMPLE PPER 4 Time pproximately 40 minutes (including 5 minutes transfer time) INSTRUTIONS TO NDIDTES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheet if they are not already there. Listen to the instructions for each part of the paper carefully. nswer all the questions. While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper. You will have 5 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet. Use a pencil. t the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet. INFORMTION FOR NDIDTES There are four parts to the test. Each question carries one mark. You will hear each piece twice. For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers. * 500/2705/0 ULES 2015 ambridge English Level 1 ertificate in ESOL International

2 2 Part 1 You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1 8, choose the best answer (, or ). 1 You hear a young woman talking about her job as a trainee photographer. What does she say about the training she has received? It is more expensive than a university course. She is being trained by some famous photographers. She has saved time by not going to university. 2 You hear a man giving a talk on the radio about an exhibition of paintings by a ritish painter called Lowry. He says the exhibition shows what influenced the way Lowry painted. what Lowry s everyday life was like. what people in Lowry s hometown thought of his work. 3 You hear a woman talking on the radio about dance as a form of exercise. What does she say about how dance has benefited her? It has helped her swim faster. It has made her feel happier at work. It has improved her balance. 4 You hear an author talking about a book he is writing. What does he say about the book? He hopes it will be as popular as the last one he wrote. He is finding it hard to decide how the story will end. He spent longer writing it than he had expected.

3 5 You hear a student talking about why he wants to become a teacher. What reason does he give for wanting to become a teacher? 3 He gets on well with teenagers. He likes explaining things to people. He will have long holidays. 6 You hear a scientist giving a talk on the radio. What is she doing in her talk? recommending how to choose what trees to grow criticising the way some people treat their trees describing the effects of different diseases on particular trees 7 You hear a man talking about his friend. What does the man say? She reminds him of his mother. She is a difficult person to work with. She taught him not to take himself seriously. 8 You hear a man talking about some trousers he has bought. What does he like about the trousers? The material is very strong. The style suits him. The colour is fashionable. Turn over

4 4 Part 2 You will hear a student called Lucy rown talking about her experience of volunteering with dolphins in ustralia. For questions 9 18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. Volunteering with dolphins at Monkey Mia, ustralia Lucy was studying (9) at university when she went to ustralia on holiday. Lucy first found out about volunteering with dolphins from her (10). Lucy travelled to Monkey Mia by (11). Lucy slept in a (12) while she was in Monkey Mia. Lucy s first job as a volunteer was to (13) the dolphins. Lucy says she nearly stood on a small (14) in the water. Lucy says certain dolphin families started coming in with (15) to the beach in the 1970s. Lucy explains that the beach s location means it is protected from the (16) all year round. Lucy went on a trip on a (17) one evening. Lucy is now writing a (18) based on her experiences in ustralia.

5 5 Part 3 You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about their decision to study fashion. For questions 19 23, choose from the list ( H) what each speaker says about choosing a fashion course. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. I didn t think of a fashion course until it was suggested to me. I was told this course would be easier than other courses. Speaker 1 I never considered doing anything else. Speaker 2 D I wanted to be taught by a famous designer. Speaker 3 E I nearly chose a different course instead. Speaker 4 F I was impressed by what I read about this course online. Speaker 5 G I did some other courses before a fashion course. H I had to be persuaded to do a fashion course. Turn over

6 6 Part 4 You will hear an interview with amilla Ford, who writes and stars in a TV comedy show. questions 24 30, choose the best answer (, or ). For 24 Why did amilla start writing her own comedy show? She didn t want to perform comedy material written by others. omedy writing had always been a childhood ambition. She wasn t offered parts in other comedy shows. 25 What does amilla find stressful about writing comedy? having to produce material on her own knowing her work will be seen by a lot of people constantly coming up with new ideas 26 What does amilla say about her show? It s in a modern style. It contains a lot of action. Its main character tells good jokes. 27 amilla says she gets inspiration for her humour from listening to other people s conversations. watching other comedians shows. reading stories in the news. 28 Ho w does amilla feel when performing in front of a live studio audience? worried that nobody will laugh. nervous in case she makes mistakes. encouraged by the immediate feedback.

7 29 What does amilla enjoy most about being famous? 7 meeting people she s always admired knowing her show is popular with all sorts of people having the influence to help certain groups in society 30 What s amilla going to do next? do a live comedy tour act in a play at the theatre make a comedy drama in another country

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