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‘Test 1 transcript ‘Tis Is the Cambridge Preininary English Test, Test 1. There are four parts to the teat wil near each part twice. For exch part ofthe test there willbe time for you to look th the questions and time for you to check your answers. ‘White yrur ancwars an tha quaston paper. You wil have si minutes atthe end ofthe test to ‘any your answers onto the answer shee “The recording will now be stopped. Please ack any questions now, because you must nat curing the test [Pause] Now open your question paper and lok at Pat, “There are seven questions in this part. For each question there are tree pictures and a short reeoring, Choase the carect picture and put atck in the box below it Before we stat here isan example. Whereis the gin's nat” Mum: Where's your new hat, Sally?! hope you baventleftit onthe schoo! bus. Sally: Don't worry, Mum, put tin my school bag because | was too hot. Mum: Are you su? | cant see there, You probably dropped tin the road somewhers Sally: Oh, here itie—hanging inthe hal. togot to take Wns moming. (Pause The ft pleturo le comect eo thera isa tiokin Box A. Look at tne tnee pictures Yor queston tow. [Pause] ‘Now wa are racy to stat. Listan careful. You will hear each recaring twice (One. How wil they book their fights? ‘So what about aur rignts then, shal Dook onthe inte? Or div you want to g= travel agent's? Wiel, actualy, I've already been tothe travel agent's and got some prices... They ccan offer us a better price than anything Ive seen on te internet. ‘Groat... eile make a decisinn 2nd then go ahaad and! hack. We could ph thom, eouda't we? Orisitetter ta pap in? [Une recording is repeated] [Pause] Tivo. What hos the aught fegatien ta bring on hay? ai ‘Mine .- rie bathroom in thi hetol! Can | borrow your champoo, Mum? I eft mi athome. ‘Okay, but putt back in my bag when you've finshed. ‘And don't believe it!| must have forgotten to bring my hitbrush too. | cant ns anyuhere in my suitease. | was sure put tin ‘You had! I've already pit in he bathroom with your ather washing things. | don Test 1 know wity you brouaht toothpaste though. We certainty cnt ned two tubes! ‘Wee only here forfour das. [Pause] ‘Now isten again. Lune recorcing is repeated) [Pause] Three. What wil the man ane woman do on Sunday? ‘Woman: Oh, 'm go ted! Shall we just stay at home this weekend? Maybe watch somo DVDs ‘and ead the newspapers? Man: Mmm. .. how about going tothe beach tomorow with a picnic as t's so hot _atthough we relly ought fo clean the fa. Oh, I nearly forgot Isnt your sister coming to-see us on Sunday? ‘Woman: Yes, you're right... she si She" enjoy a good day at te seaside, won't she? We'll rela at home another time ... nd then do the housework, to! Man: Sounds great! [Pausel [Now listen again. [Me recorcing is repeated) [Pause] Four. Which blouse does the gir decide fo buy? Gir: Tom, I need your opinion about this blouse. ike the colar. but the sleeves are rather ona, ‘Tom: Um...."mnet sure. Look at some more before you decide. What about this one? Shot sleeves, no call. Ge: I's bit ornary. | do agree, though, its elegant Ah, here's one witha collar and ‘without sleeves, but inn’ quite a0 nice a the othor one. Hmm... ike the fret onc | saw | ean always make the levee shorter. “Tom: Okay, think’ & good choice [Pause] Now listen again. [The recoring is repeated) [Pause] Five. When i the gi having apart? ‘Amanda: Holla, thisis Amanda. About my birthday party. told yout was onthe fifteenth, but ve got to changeit tothe thiteenth, That's & Thursday, which I know isnt paract. But no-one can come on Friday the fourteenth because it's the schoo! disco. Soy bout the change, but Mum and Dad have got something planned for me on the ‘teen. Anyway, the pary's at my house, and t's staring about eight o'tock. Cal me back and let me know it you can come. [Pause] [Now ston again [The recording is repeated) [Pause] ‘Su, Where 1s the motoreyol race going to sh?” Man: This year's motorcycle race wil ish nthe city centre. Hundreds of people are ‘expected to be in the square infront ofthe townhall lo watch tho fnsh of tho race 117 PART? 118 ‘on Saturday afternoon. For those who'd lke to see the bikes in action, seating 'e provided inthe square ouside the stadium. Race organisers recommend ‘rom Castle Square, with its postion on top ofthe hil. there'll be a good view of ‘bikes making their way through the city (Pause ‘Now tston again. Ihe recording is repeated} (Pass) Seven. What lhe woman repair nowt? Boy: really wan to go.outon my bike, but t's gol aM yr Can you fa? Woman: Im eally busy atthe moment. Oh, and we don't have anything to repak twth. CCar't you do somethin eee? Why don't you play footbal instead? Boy: Rit the football's fat as wel. Women: Oh. Dutt jut neode more ai. That shouldn't ako too lang Ie us fish seme new gas into window co 'thave a oflee and then i doit (Pause Now isten again {The ecoeng is repeated Prause} ‘Thats the and of Pat. Pause ‘New tum to Part, questions 810 18. ‘uu wit ae eco Interview with aman called Robin Morcha who hae writen a book yore For each queston, puta tick n the corect box. You now have 4 secends to ook athe question for Pat 2 [Pause] [Now we are ready to star, Liston carefully. You wil hear the recording twice. Int Today 'm with Robin Marshal, wno has just writer @ book about traveling in ‘Argentina, Robin, telus about yourself. Robin: Well I've traveled to South America alt for my work and | know Argentina well row. So wel that | could be a tour quide i | wanted! | speak fluent Spanish, $9 | ‘don’t need anyone to translate for me. My ob involves traveling around seling products for my company. mest a lat of people doing tat, and | wanted to. those experiences with others, so | decided to try wing Int: So, ell us about your last isi to Arment, What was the weather Ike? Tobin: Wel it wae winter thers, co moenings were cold, but 6 expacted that. Fuery day ‘thoy ead on the radio that it would be sunny later and sure enough, twas! | to.goeighteeeing, and tho weather was perfect for that. Ine Andwhere gi you yo when you went sightseeing? Robin: Well, | went t'a wonderful market that sold everthing trom modem ant t0 ota of tractonal musie, which cole, | came home win a beautut aiming ofthe Taleo saw a wonderful antique char, but untorunatey i was to Dg to bring bac. Int Now, Argentina is famous forts dancing, Did you see any performances during your Fable: Id, yes. Itreminded me of when |used to atlend dance classes. | enjoyed them ‘though Iwas never very dood. 'm sure my teacher was pleased when | said Test 1 | wasn't goin to continue! But these dancers made itlook so easy that at that ‘moment ft ike joining in and dancing with them. Int: Ihsounds wonderful And what else did you do? Robin: Wel, | wont to a omall vilago on tho eeact.| took he bus there, and gota room in ‘2 emal hotel. The hotel owner was vary fondly. He took me down the ivr in his ‘oat. wae very beautiful you could see the forest inthe distance, Int, Do you havea favourite place in Argentina? Fobin: Deliuly. I's nnountah ter Burais Atos I's famous fr its spectacular scenery But we | wel hee i was wey misty and the sun was jst rising. You couldn't ‘see much: there were no birds or animals about. was totally quit, and loved that | shall go back ene day. Int! We look forward to reacng your book. thank you, Robin. Robin: Thank you [Pause] "Now listen again. [The recording is repeated} [Pause] That isthe end of Part 2. (Peuse] ov tr t Pat 9, questions 14 19. ‘You wil near a aco prasenter aking about a museum where you can see a new fin For each question, fii the missing infomation inthe numbered space. Yu now have 70 seconds look at Part 3 Pause] ‘Now weave esa fo star. Listen caeuty You war ner ine recorang rc. Int: Nextonthe programme, we're offering fe tickets to go an see a brand new fim called A Year n Greenland. The fim, which ts you al about he pants and animasin thet ‘wonderlcounty, has won apie athe national fim festial~its wel woth seeing “Tha fm can ony be seen at fantastic new cinema that as ust been completed inside the Science Museumin the city cent. I's showing this Sunday ith perirmances every hour rom midday onwards, wth tha last showing ative o'clock, {wo hours baforo the museum cos at seve. So there's sx tes to choose from. So why not ake the whoa fal othe musaum his Sunday there's ts oo. ‘Chicron il wart to head aight downto the batement where the compulers se kept! promise youthoy/'I come away with ll sos fering rites they've cena Moving othe frst for, a working steam engine and a ifesized model ofa space- ship are among the favourte exhibits, and these ae popular wih peopl fall ages, rot ust enren And you get thst ot you want to nave unch out, mere'sanexoetent cate win wonder eu o he ty onthe op tor ore butang, Entrance tothe museum see on Sundays, butt would normaly st £3.25 «go ard se the fm To get your ree tickets, you should email hs programme by midday on Friday. We've only gota mites number of tickets, so the ear you Contact us, the mor ikely YU are to gt oe. Wel then get backn ema contact ih you Before 12 o'clock on Saturday if youve been sucnessu So havea pencil and paper ready after this sona. [Pauce} stan aga, now 410 Key PART 4 120 [The recoring is repeated) [Paves] Thats the end of Par 3. [Pause] "Now tum to Part 4, questions 70 to 25 Look at the sk sentences for this part. You wll hear two neighbours, a women, Naat ar ‘man, Calin, talking about running ‘Decide i eacn sentence is corrct or nconect. tis correct, puta ik nthe box under A for YES. ft isnot correct, put a tick nthe Box under B fr NO. You now have 20 seconds o look atthe questions for Part 4 [Pause] ‘Non we ae easy to start Liston cally, You wi ea Ue recy twice Coin: Hi Natasha | see you'e going out fora run You'e lucky you dont have to go to work toda. Natasha: Hello Golin- am going tthe office, but 've stated runing to work instead of taking the bus. It means | can keep ft and save some money. Colin: tried ninnng to work fora wl, but didn ke beeing inal he trafic potion "kept geting cnughs. soon went backto using publi tranport I kaap atthe Natasha: Well Ive found a route that avoids most ofthe mi roads, Colm; Butts stil almost five Kiometres and it must be dangerous, Natasha: That's why I choose quiet strets. | could, "dun in the country ~ that would be Jovely, butt would mean leaving ttl the wookends. Running aves me a {feeling of freedom ~ it's ust what | need before siting down inthe office every Colin” ut surly you don't wear your trackeuit and trainer at wor? Natasha: Oh I hoop a uit a tne uffex ad cangy when Lamve. nk i's Important 0 professional so | don't mind at al Colin: Anyway, since you're so ft are you going to join in the big race next month? Natasha: I'd keto. What's the distance? Colin: Twenty kllometres ~ anyone can enter and there are prize for liferent age grou Natasha: Even if come las, wl sill be good un —runring on your own ean sometimes uit lonely. Are you going io take part? Gali: Oh yes, 've sent in my application form already ~'I get one for you, But Fm nat {going fo train by running to work~run round the parka few times ven I get ome inthe evenings ~ that's safer Natasha: Okay. Anyway | must go now or Ibe late, Bye, [Pause] Now Aste again [The recoraig is repeated] [Pause] Thats tho ond of Part 4. [Pause] You now have six minutes to check and copy your answers onto the answer sheet Note: Teacher, stop te recording here and time ax minutes. Remind stents when there is ‘one mute remaining, “That ie the ood ofthe toot PARI 1 Test 2 Tost 2 tranceript This i the Cambridge Preiminay Eli Test, Test 2. Thae are four pants tothe test. You il ear each part tice. For each part of the lst re wil be te or you to ook through the ‘qucctions and time for you to check your answers. Wit your answers on tne question paper. You wil have six minutes atthe and othe tas to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. ‘The recaring wil now be sonar Please ask any questione now, bocause you must not speak during the tes. [Paves] ‘Naw open your question paper and ook at Par 1. ‘There are seven questions in his par. For each question there are tree pictures and a short recording. Choose the coect picture and put ick nthe box below Before we sta, here isan example, How ci the woman got to work? ‘Woman: Oh, 1m so sony in ale mised the bus. | was nyng to aac whether to walk ‘r go back and gel ny bike wien saw my neighbour. Lucky ne oered mea it because he works nahin, {Pause} The fist picture is comect so ther sa tick in box A, Lok the thao pictures for question 1 now. (Pause) ‘Now we are racy to ster. Listn carefull. You wil haar each ecorcing tice. ‘One. What has the boy lost? ry: Mum=I love there. The cy’ relly interooting and it’s quite easy to find my way round, thanks to the map you gave me —| dont know what do without it Ive {ken some grea photos, bt If my camera ona tram go | won't be able to show you! And tings are more expensive than | exacted, e0 | don think my money wil last vary long. Can yn sand me some more? Thanks. Speak o you again 20on.| Pave} "Now listen again, [The recording is repeated [Pause] Two. What timo docs the race begin? Boy: mrunning the race on Saturday, but don't know whee it is or when it begins. Man; Wel, you're going to run round the lake. Al he runners have to meetin the car pack nd register by quarter to two, though the race won't actualy tart unt half ast. ‘There shouldbe about a hundred runners. Boy: Whon vl be over? ve gat to catch a tain at quarter past thee. Man: te 15lomatree! You won't be on time for that! [Pause] ‘Now listen again, Ihe recordings repeated) [Pause] 131 Key 132 “Three, Which muciea instrument coes the boy play now? Git: Look at this notice, The schools stating trumpet lessons noxt tom. Boy: Oh, the trumpet! That's an instrument '¢ ove to pla. t's gota great soured. Girt Yes, might try that, or maybe piano, | don’t know. You leamt piano, dint you? Boy: Yes, | played the piano for years, in fact - untill took up the drums last year. You can't do everything, and | just felt they were more my sot of instrument, really [Pause] Now faten again. [The recoring is repeated) Pause] Four What wil the weather be ike tomorrow afternoon? ‘Woman: And now for tomorrow’e weather, The day will start shar and windy. Thosa ‘winds chould disappear by late morning, but the wet weather wil continue uni well Into the avening, Although we might sar some bright sunny periods between the showers ealy on, by midday will a cloudy. with temperatures of no more than ten for twelve dagrane centigrade Paves] ‘Now listen again. [The recording s repesteo] [Pause] Five What i tha suhact of Jamas Wilson's book? Mea: This atest book by Jamas Wiison is part of a series af practical qudes for young people writen by experts The frst in the series, Conkary for Beginners, was writen By a well-known television cook. W's vary clear and wel written, and isa best ‘aller, Wisen's book, Camitars for apinner is inthe bookshops now and is also ‘very papular. And thrall haa hak about phatagraphy called Photoaranh for ‘Baginners, which wil come out next year. I's written by a newspaper cameraman ‘and will certainly be fl of useful information. [Pevse] Mow listen again [ne recorang is repeated] [Pause] ‘Sik. Whieh part of the man's body hurts him atthe moment? Doster: It'e boon four weeks ence your accideat, haea't i? Sa tell me how you are feelin. How's the pain in your legs? Mar: My legs were relly hurting me uni last week, but that’s vor off now, 'm glad to say. Go has the pain in my back. My chouldare el fairy sore, though not 3s bad as was, fortunately Doctor: 1m pleases to near that. Let's take a ook at you, anya. (Pause) ‘Now titan again. [The recording ic reposted] irause| Seven. Where was the man's knowiedge of Spanish userur? Woman: How was your ti, Peter? Man: Groat was gla | learnt some Spaish before I went PART 2 Test 2 Woman: Did you manage to order a meal in a restaurant? Man: Wel Iwas staying wth English tends actualy, and just ate at home with them, | cid manage to explain what | wanted when | went shopping though, and was pleased about thal. But didn’t manage to talk to any ofthe Spanish people ‘who were invited to my inends place ~ tat was really cisappoining, | count understand what ey sald to me. [Pause] ‘Now listen again. [The recording i repeated) [Paves] Thats the end of Part (Pause) ‘Now tun to Part 2, questions 8 to 13. You wit hear a rac interview with a man called Hany Park, who staking about the adventure travel company he uns. Far each question, puta tick inthe correct box. eu now have 45 seconds to look at the questions for Part 2. (Pause) ‘Now we are ready fo start Listen carey. You wil hear the recording twice. Int amy Har, you run arava company won organs aventura sys fou paces, How id you rst Loca inlrestod in “adventure travel”? Hany: Well my father workad in an ineuranee company once he Rad a family. But before that'd spent severl years traveling he Word, and he never oppwd ein us ‘out Historias were much me exciting than the bocks 1read, ard they made ‘ne want to travel and have adventures of my own. Inti And wnat made you deide to stat an adventure travel compar? Hary: Well, whon | was in my twenties; | travelled atin ferent countries, | went ‘exploring ang ckmbing in mountains and deserts. | wanted to show otner people how wonder these tings Were. The business has beer very success, bul wisn started it uk fd ake any mane. Int’ Your company’s called Far ana Wide. How dd you choose the name? Hany: Well just cae it Park Trael a frst. But everyone thought tht was trib bring! [My wife kept suggesting diferent hing, ut nthe end it was a customer who gave ‘me the dea, Far anc Wie sao the tie of a book that a rend wrote, so reminds me of hi, too Int: Grea... The places you vst re usually vary unspoit, Harry. Some people tink It's nota good idea to take tourist there, Wat would you say totem? Hany: Well most of the places we vist have no inhabitants, so we aren't gong to spot people's way off, or bring in things Ike television and tidges! Arc | make Sure {hat we aways take care ofthe environment, We are careful notte cause palin, 0 we take all our ubbist way. let: ‘Some ofthe things you da are alsa dangerous. Uo you enjoy danger? amy: ell snot question of enjoying it i's just that you can't do what do without ‘thinking about the possible dangers, m never ightaned though I'm taking a {70Up Up & mountain or someting ike tha, | just concentrate on what nave to.do ‘ana geton wit. 133 PARTS 134 Int; You've been to some fascinating places, Hany. What's your favour? amy: t's in India. You travel slong a ever through spectacular sconery and up into the ‘mountains in Madhya Prades n the valley on the other side there's @ wonderful ‘old caste I's magical, The mountains hide it, so few people know i's there Int! Thanks for talking tous, Harry Har: Thankyou. (Pause) Now fistn again, [Me recording is repeated] Pause} That ie the end of Pat 2 [Pause] ‘Now tum to Part 3, questions 1410 18. Yu wit ear a man tling some young people about four-eok study programme ina colege. Fr each question fin the missing information inthe numbered space. You now have 20 saconds to look at Pat 3. [Pause] Now we are ready to ata Liston carefull. You wil bear the recording twice. [Pause] Now lison agin. [The recorcing repeated] [Pause] ‘That the ond of Part 8. It you want to study an interesting subject this summer, and improve your English et limesarne time, Highbury College is offering thee very good courece, Acie aay ‘the ease, eech courae late four weoks. Thora lean English Literature course, which wil del with 20th-century writers and poets. Theres also corsa aot Ath teniury ars, which inches gine tours of he best gales, and nally @ couse in Medern Architecture, with visto some ofthe city's most famous buidinns. [Ni the coureee begin on the 14th of June andthe last day of classos isthe 12th af ‘hu. Classes are from 8 to 830, laving you plenty of ime foe athe acivitos nthe ing summer evenings. Fridays are aso free fr you to have a break because there ate lessons on Saturdays and Sundays, too, Now, about prices. The ful pica of ach cova is 6495, bt tha calaga is offering ‘special lecnuns for groups. The secretary has further details on that you are interested. Tho price Includes your accommodation atthe collage hall shared rooms ~ ll meas, ul use ofthe library, and socal acts, suchas parties, ‘outings, etc... Oh almost forgot, all books are included oo, o you won't nave > spend anything on thal But if you nee extra lessons, then you have to pay a fee. ‘And you have to make your avm travel arangements othe college. ‘All the courses are for beginners, so you don't nec! any previous knowedge of these subjcts. Your English shouldbe ata good level, of course, good endugh to follow the lature. Ht yau are intrested, see the calege secretary, ne' be abi to ‘ive you copies ofthe registration forms and the matape foro course you want. So, does anyone have any questions? PART [Pause] ‘Now turn to Part 4, questions 20 to 25 Look at ne six sentonces fortis pat You wil hear @ conversation between agi, Clare, and a boy, Tom, about a footbal our Decide if each sentance is comet a incaret. tis comect, puta kn the box ane A for YES. (ftis not conect, pul a tik inthe box under B fr NO. You now have 20 cavondo to leo at the quests hr Put Pause] Now we are ready to stat. Listen carefully. You wil her the receding twice. Tom: Helo, Claire | read about you and the wemen's fatal eam inthe dally paper. You ‘must be very pleased about being chosen toga on thet national tor thie summa. (Chim Thanks, Tom. derelict wao inthe poper. Tom: It says the other gts inte lem areal alot oder ~ does that make you fel nonvous? Care: mused tit when joined our local club, | was only 14 and ll the others were in thelr twerties ~ but the senior players were very helpful and gave melts of advice, "Now ma otc can nep the other new players when they jin Tom: But wt about your schoolwork? Isn't ifieut to fin? When | was in that ‘tennis team, I never got my homework done on ime because had Yo do much practising, That's why gave up, Glare: Realy? Footbal’s not oo bad. Tha matches am all at weekends and we train two ‘evenings @ week, so there's stil plenty of time for homework Tom: Butarn't yu planning to goto university when you leave school next year? Clare: Well its possible to study sports siete ofcourse, and dike 1 0 that one day, ‘But think probably concentate un ny fool career es, So tats what Ido ext yoar ‘Tom: I suppose you'd ke to play for your country one day? Gare: Maybel Al the moment 'm just ooking forward to playing against te ferent ‘teams on this tour. Even if we don't win every game, stil bea areatexoetience! Tom: By the way— when's yournext match? Clare: On Saturiny attemoon ~ please come and cheer us on, Tor! We're playing tear that's coming ram Manchester, Tem: Wolk wea'bom in Manchester, youknow! But dont wory. I won't mis the math, and i wor't be shouting forthe we ide lhe, [Pause] "Now isten again, [Te recording is repeated) (Pause) Thats the end of Pa 4 [Pause] You now have sic minutes to check and copy your answers ant the answer sheet Note: Teacher. st the renrcing he and timo ex tinutoo, Remind students wi Urbs ‘one minute remaining, Thats tho end ofthe tot. 135 Key PART 1 146 est 3 transcript This isthe Cambridge Preliminary English Test, Test 3. There ar four part tothe test. You wil haar each part twice. For each part of ho ast tare wil be te for you to lok trough the ‘questions and ume for you to check your answers ‘Wrte your answers onthe question paper. You wil have sic minutes atthe and of the test to ‘capy your answers onto the answer sheet. The recording wil now be stopped. Pease ask any questions now, because you must not speak uring the test. [Paves] ‘Now open your quoation paper and look at Part 1. [Pause] Thr sea gts hp Fer see te ret en er Reni Tat mocoartars cope lente taoek cacao ober oer Wer dtu bec? Vr Ot heya Vira: Baya tea om econ afar, Tare en mecror, (rie seas inpeno Meret Woulfeahebecaiai tmproe are rao Meare homeo teres tock Late i ae Tm revs Fes te crt Yr it hr ch erg (om hc pm ec san tena pr hn, a nk! ye itr lantceYewreané ae tihtwlsiamr mach mace ne sete tome icemtesinterne eranceuat Very fd tt canola eb ‘eee neg sane Gh nes oh vet ona hs ro Seen traeend ai neat [Pause] a Ga Topstar i wali t Kon eh vat et a a eee OY ae Se gece Ser nan Bete cenit pn nanekaenpa o h Sroaamare pr Kotani tmrena | Pass Test3 ‘Three. How much does the man pay forthe postage? Man: ke to send a parcel to Hong Kong please. How much wll t cost? ‘Woman: li need'to weigh it before I can tell you ... Okay. Ifyou send this by air, which is ‘more expensive than by sea, il be 18 euros and 0 cents. By sea, tllbe about halt ‘hat... em... auro8 50 cents. Man: need to send it by air, 80 I pay the extra, But last time, I think I only paid 15 auras. 50 cents fr the samo weight! Have prices increased? Woman: Yes, Sorry! [Pause] Now isten again, [ine recorcing is repeated} [Pause] Four. Where inthe theatre oil the woman leave her gloves? Woman: Good morning, los a pair of biack mater gloves atthe theatre lastnight, but Fm ‘ot aure where. | know kept them with ne wit I left my coat in te cloakroom, ‘Mer: We have found a pair his morning, under one ofthe seats. Woman: Oh, now | remember! put them on my seat when | went tothe coffe bar during the interval. They probabiy fel onthe floor when | came back. Man: Well you can collact them from the tcket office any time, [Pause] Now itor again. [Te recorcing is repeated) [Pause] Five, Which dress does the woman like host? Woman: Och look... that ress withthe spots is relly, Sil | Duy I? ‘Men: Him isa bit expensive, though it would look really good on you. But that white ‘eis rely nce, You always look groat in wte. Tis one with the flowers would lok good on you tog, and look ~ W's half price! ‘woman: I'm not very keen on that material And I prefer the spotty one tothe wtite one, ‘aon't you? ‘Man: Oh, wel, t's betterf you decide which one you want. [Pause] ‘Now liston again [Tire recaring ts repeat] [Pause] ‘Six. What isthe television prooramme about? Mari” Hi, Daniela. t's Maria. Thor's relly geed programme you igh ike to watch ‘9n TV tanight~at rine. That proeontor you like, the woman win fins cepa ‘Altica~ she's doing a special programme. Daniella: te cho going back to Ata? ‘Maia: Well, tis time she's visting the South Pole, to study some of the wilde there. I ok ke they Nac a amicut ime making the programme. The weather was so bad, ey evulu My Were. IE1OOK TWO WoeKS JUS fo get there by ship. Danio: Ihat'be interesting, thanks! [Pause] Now listen again key PART2 148 [The recoaing is repeated (Pauoe} ‘Sever Which webicle dows Steve intend buy? Man: | saw Steve's witecrvng his sports car the other day. Woman: Did you? He okie he was going to sol it bocause with three chicren he needs to get ‘somthing more practical - you know, four-door car with ot of space for luggage. Man: Wel, he's gota van which he uses for his business, but | suppose he cant rely put the children nthe back of that. might thnk of buying that sports car, actualy. Woman: Reali? [Paves] Now listen again. [The recorang s repeated [Pause] ‘That isthe end of Part (Pause| [Now tum to Part 2, questions 8 0 18. You wit hea part oF @ rato Interw wit & woman called Linda Brown, who is aking about working ina cake stop whet se was @ stunt. For each question, puta tick inthe correct box Yau naw have 45 seconds to look at the questions for Pat 2. Pause] ‘Now we aro ready to start Listen careuly. You wil hear the recording twine Int Now Linda e's tak about your fst jb. lungs: Wel | was an assistant in an expensive cake shop Inte smal tw wnre | vad eas my last year al coo, etre welt cole. | wanted to eam extra money for myself because | come rom a family of seven and my parents could’ afore ve us much pockst money. Im: Did you tke your rst boss? Linda: He was always polit, never shouted at us, even when we dropped things; ana tht ‘as good for young git lke me Wh wasn't very confident. He knew everything | ‘out the business. | nad no proper traning, butt was good experience working ‘Someone with so mucl krowedge, He uh pay us wll, bu dt expact to ‘much ia my frst job Int: Ana.what about the shop? Was it nice place to work? Linda: As! say, it was an expensive shop, and the cakes were beautiful Then inthe ‘moring there was this wonderful sme of bread baking. The rst week was ‘because jst wanted to eat tha cakes, which wasnt allowed, Dut the | os In hem. We nad to Keep everyining clean, and that was hard work. Int’ Did you do any ofthe baking yours”? Linda: There ware two chefs who ware specials in making cakes for celebrations, creaing new broad recipes loved watching them at work, but I wasn't allowed to touch the ones an splay inthe windows. We sold sanduiches a lunchtime ‘again, very lxurious ones, and the shop assistants had to make those. lear putin really generous niings, much more than | used at home, Int’ How did you get on with the other shop assistants? Unda: One of them was my best rend, which was grea, but the ful-sine staf so ‘treated us ke silly schoolgs because we couldnt cook. But | was surprised PARTS Tost 3 because the fultime assistants cout add p in ther hea. | was good at, but they used caus there was anyting dic to work out Int: Did youeriy serving customers inthe shop? Linde: Theta pact of the day was unchime, when we wore busy. Ten jst lew. Then it was interesting when people cae into plan apart oa wedi. One ofthe chefs woud come trough to discuss the design ofthe cake, Some customers thought the prices were too igh, but usualy ended up buying te cakes anya. Pause) Now ston agen. {ihe recoring i epetea} [Pause] That she endof Part 2. Pause] Now tum to Prt, questions 14 fo 19 "You mi ear some recorded infomation about a museum, For each question, inthe ising information nthe numbered space, You now have 20 seconds to look at Part 3 acre] Now we are ready 0 stat Liston carly. You wil har the recoding twice War; —-Tark you or calng the Gental Musou inom e Centra Museums open everyday rom 2nd January trough oStst December and IS open diy rm 10 am unt 5 pen. The museum iso sa wonder exampie of loca arhtecture, complet nthe yea 18%, andthe gars, il nthe ong 1921 dig, supe and Gelght ston of al ages. “The museum contaos an important 19th-contuy English future colecton as \wol 38a parmanent Japanese at exhiiton and admission i tee al wits. Damision ncues ae prevecorded audio gude and we re fuly equipped ‘welcome wheelcna users Cu museum shop sal varity of books, cards args, You find ald of interesting ea for both ads and chcren. The museum also has aca feng a selection of hat and clashes throughout te day Wor 10 ur 40. For vars traveling by cr, parking aval atthe hoe net door. jst mete avay fom the museum, Tei ago fequent local public anspor wth buses to and fom the town cen. Thre ae also buses rom the alway sation ery ten minutes throughout the dy. For futherinforaton abou the museum, is history and its colections lease call (0202 451600. You can also cal 451855 for information about grup vis, or yo iterestdin tng room a the musgum. Teaches can look at ur website ‘on wi.cerralmuseurs ik here theyll of eas for project work. Tank yor alg the Ceial Museum information ine. (Pause) ow ster agin. {Tho recording i repeat] Pavse] Thats the end of Pat 3. Pause] 149 Key panTa 180 ‘Now tum to Part 4, questions 20 to 25. Look at he six sentences for this par, You wil eara conversation between a boy, Sam, and @ ‘9, Caria, about a school concert. DDecie i each sentence Is corectorincomect Its correct, puta tek in he box under A for YES. tt isnot conect, puta ick nthe box under B for NO. You now have 20 seconds fo look at tha questions for Part 4 [Paves] Mow we are reat start. Liston careful. You wil hear the recording tice Sam: Cara. Caz — What ist, Sam? Sam: Why werent yout Ms Ford's meting tis moming? The one about the school concert?” Carer Wel ve decid not to tale pat thio yoar ‘Sam: You're Joking! The whole orchestra wondered vere you were and Mrs Ford even sent someone lok for you. Catz [already know about that! What itis to be popular ‘Sam: Everyone's expecting vou todo the concert, you know. And Mrs Ford has found some music for you ‘Carl: But that's the problem, Sam. We'e never allowed to select what we play. and bar choices are 80 boring! ‘Sam: Oh, that's abit una agree that it used to be Ike tha, butte programme she put ‘gether for lat your's concert was much better. You enjoyed tnt year, dt you? (Carla: Wel, the oventitse was great and I was proud of how played, but t's always ‘uch nara wrk geting ready for tha, al ose hours practising, And dot nave so ‘much time to spare mis year ‘Sam: | suppose not... But Cala, we eal need you. Apart from David in class 10, who's bilan, nobody ls plays the piano as well as you do. And David's going to be away that week (Carl: Oh, do you want me to fool auilty now? Wel, when's the fist practi? Sam: Thureday inchtimo. Look, {you don like the music Mrs Ford's decided on, why not eay eo (Cats Andi suggest something else? ‘Sam: Wel, yout be playing the piece on your om, won't you, 80 why not? Cara: That's tue... anyway, what about you, Sam? Aren't you busy atthe moment? Sam: Yeah, theres leo corso werk an tm playing in th sch fashal tam Y= fight, have to give somating up, wort? But nat the concer, that's fr sure. Carl: Wel, good for you. kay, see you on Thursday then! ‘Sam Excelent [Pause] ‘Now listen again. [The recording i repeated) [Pause] Thats the end of Part 4 (Pause) You now have si minutes to check and copy your answers onto the answer sheet. Note: Teacher, stop the recording here and tine si minutes, Reming students wien there is ‘one minute remaining Thats the end ofthe test. PARTY Tost 4 transeript ‘nts the Cambridge Proiminay English Test, Test 4, There are four parts tothe tt. Yu ‘wl hear each part twice, For each pat ofthe fest thre wil be tie for you to lok trough the ‘questions anu tine for you to check your answers. ite your answers on the question paper. Vou wil have i nutes at ie and Ue te5t10 Copy your answers ont the answer shest The ecorng wil now be stoped, Pease ask any questions now, because you nus not speak uring the tat [Pause] ‘nw ace your queetion papor and lok at Pat 1 [Paves] Thace are oven auction in tis part. Por wav question there are three plctures anda short ‘recording. Chooae the comet picture al puta tick nthe box belo Defoe we sat ne an exam, "nee ota ine man eave his camera? ‘Man: Oh, na haven't got my cameral ‘Woman: But you used itust now to take a photoaraph of te fountain Man: Oh, | remember. lout it doun an the stane while | put my oat on, Woman: Wel e's drive hack quieky-it might el be thors. [Pause] The fret pieture is comact 0 thers is lickin box A Look atthe tree picires for question T now. (rausey ‘Now we aro ready to start. Listen careful. You wl hear each raconing twice. One. Which prize has the man ust won? Int! Andi secon place, Tim Davideon. Tim, would you ke to say afew words? “Tews Wal | want to than everyone wh Is ped me 0.00 0 wel Today, because t's Not just about me the player, toro’ my trainer, my manager, nt ny wie Jane ‘now she'l love this beaut lass bow, 0 it won't be upon a dusty sh wilh ie cups Ive won inthe past. We'll enoy looking at it everyday. And il be back next year to win that sver plate! Than you (Pause) Now listen again. [The recording is repeated [Pause] Two. What was the man's frstjob? "Man: | know you thik being postman's nota very good job —lona hours and not lt ‘ot money but | enjoy i. Better than some things Ive done. When | st let school | spent a monitor two cleaning windows, ad then I gota job busing houses, Now ‘hat wae hard! Of course, when | wast schoo, | cream of becoming a pot, but fale to gat on a training source [Paves] Now fsten agin Key PAPER 2 LISTENING Part +R 98 3G 4A 5A 6B 76 Part 8A 9C 108 11¢ 26 1A Pats 414 Good Living 15 fishfishes 16 salacis) 17 ricas) 18 partes/party 19 (€1249/two (pounds) and) forty ine(nfpence) Parts 2B 2A 2A 3B BB 2B 160 Test 4 SAMPLE I (Test 4, Question 8: Story) AN UNUSUAL REQUEST I'm staing in the park whit Amy, my best friend. and. we taking ‘to her boyfriend; often, my friend Amy talk about he. | think that she loved, so mach this boy; but, at the moment he are studing in England. While | and Amy are walking she say me to meet her boyfriend. Mark when he retoum. | think now thak it is an unusual request. ‘Scales Mark | Commentary The candidate has made a clear atemt at inking the story to the tie, bul the tet is nt fully developed onto | Noes The target reader is informed. However, more information is needed to fully derstand ne son. ster an format are appropri. Communicate |, | 2 foil Aetievment |® | leas are communicated, but the tgeleadrhas o werk hard a nes to Toliow the stone, due tothe number of errors (ne taking to her boyinend, ‘The texts connected and coherent, using bast inking words fad often: Organisation | 8 | ust wan} and some cohecive devs (his boy; atthe momen, We (as Amy ara waking: when he retour), In general everyday vocabulary i used appropriately, but thee are a number Of distracting speing errs (sting whit taking to her bovbiend: mach) ‘Simple grammatical forms are used with some degree of contol ‘Aiumber of errors are present, partculaly with tenses and verb forms, but ‘meaning can sti be determinod (Ary tak about he he loved so mach this ‘oy he ae stucing in England). 169 Key ‘SAMPLE H (Test 4, Question &: Story) AN UNUSUAL REQUEST Yesterday | was walking on the street, a6 Tom, my vest friend, asked me: “Do you have 100 dollara?" | was really ourprised. He never asked me moneys! “Why do you heed thet?” | asked. “That's not iteportant!” he answered me. | never eaw him ¢9 serious, Fortunately | had this moneye, and | gave them to hin. Ae | put them in his hands, he runned away ae fast ae he could, but | followed irs. He arrived in a dark street, where a man was waiting for him. My best friend was taking druge, and | had to help him. Scales Mark | Commentary Content | The tory lory Inked to the tile and the target read is ily informed, ‘Communicaive | , | The story lous well and hold the reader’ attention right othe end Aetiavarent’ |_| Register and format ae appropriate “The texts gneraly wel organised and coherent, using some Inking woes land; but and a good range of cohesive devices (was walking an the stect, ae Tom, my best fiend, asked ma; Fortunately, Jad this moneys, and | ave (organisation | 5 | them to him: As pt them in his hands. he runned away... but fawed hi: dark street, where aman was walt). Aough ts limited paragraping, ntemal cohesion fe good, “range of everyday vocabulary is used appropriately ‘Arange of simple grammatical forms are used wih a good degree of con. “There's some evidence af moo complex srecturs inthe second hao the Language — |_| story rom As put them in his hand...) Some ere are present, mainly with uncountabo forms and tenses (He never _askad me many! naar saw hi so serious: ‘he ranned away) but they do ‘at impede communication. 158 ‘SAMPLE G (Test 4, Question 8: Stary) AN UNUSUAL REQUEST 1 was in my bedroom when | saw something out of the, window | was sure | sam something black 50 1 went close to the window just to have a look outside, | didn't see anything so 1 came back to my bed and | started. agsin to read a book. My mother came into my room just lo ask me if | had. seen something arownd. the. house. When she lefé my room | heard. a voice from the window asking me if | wanted a mouse to eat. It was 50 unusual because the speaker was a black cat. ‘Seales ‘wank ‘Commentary Content 5 Tho story i clearly related to the tle, “The target reader would be fl informed. ‘Communicative Achievement ‘Tho stor flowe well and holds the reader's alte woughaU, sng @ Pansctenty appropriate rgicer end formes, organisation | 5 ‘The texts wel-organised and coherent. There i effective use of inking words (when so; because) and cohesive devices (My mothar came into my ‘room st 0 ask me; When she left my room | heard a voice. askin me if wantea @ mouse 10 eat twas so unusual because the speaker was @ black at, ‘There is good cohesion within and acrass sentences and efactiva use ot Daragraphin. Language | 5 ‘Avange of everyday fens used appropriately, with some evidence of more complex vocabulary fsurnwng OgCK havea ook outst), ‘Simple and some complex grammatical forms to ask me 1 hat seen: hoard avoice.. aking me if] wanted a mouse to eet] ae used with good eects Errors are minimal and do not impede communication be a Key ‘SAMPLE F (Test 4, Quection 7: Letter to a friend) My name Mahar | leave in London wear Oxford Street this street so buisy and noisy. | can't sleep ab right | want to chang my flab to cabsbce, | work very hard. and. keep my money to change | wan to buy detachet house with little, garden that tris house incleud. indopool, five bedroons, two tolites, one kichen, siding-room and. one big sport hele. | like do sport every morning. [ seates ark | Commentary “Te task bs aiessed andthe target readers informed, lthngh here is opel 4 | lini expansion ‘occnnariaiiva| ‘Sraihiforward ideas are communicated. Register is aporopriats Du there Ss 3, | isno altempt at letter format. The reader has to werk nario follow the ‘message at mes for example in thetic ong sentence. “Te ext i connected ving only avery Eied ange of sinking cronsaion [1 | tottendoate vena is ew Trea ect conta ‘Punctuation or example inthe sartance ginning I work very hard, which ‘aveee confusion for the tarp reader ‘Everyday vocabulary is used wih quent erors of speting, sume of which ‘veel ane may impede communication a times eave in London iss ‘sababoe totes srt nl). Language — [2 | ple grammatical frm, lrited to the present tense, are used with some | gree of contol. ‘Annanber of ero ae present but meaning ca large he determined. 156 ‘SAMPLE F (Test 4, Question 7: Letter to a friend) ——__—_— Hil Iintmy caso, | live In a very quick otreeL, Lhere Is somesimes a ttle bit of noise at the weekends, but it's okay. In my street and around my place. aren't live too many people so for that reason ie quiet. That thing changes if you go to the city centre all busy, a lot of people and too much traffic. ‘Anyway | ke to live in places not busy and not loudly. If had ‘the option to meve | would lke to move in @ vary quiot place in 2 mountainous place. Tor example, Lhe north of Spain will be a fantastic place for me to live in, Antonio Scales Merk | Commentary conten 'g__ | Mleontents relevant and excanded aonranriately ‘The targot rear fly informed ‘Communicative ‘Aconsistently appropriate informal register and format are used. The ltr Achievernent| holds the reader's attention and ideas are communicated eerivaly, ‘The tents coherent and yeneraly well-organised, using a reasonable range of Organisation | 4 | linking words ut; so; for exer) and cohesive Gevices (here sometines ito bit of nse. but t's okay, 30 for Ua reason: Arya). ‘Arange of everrday vocabulary i use approrsintaly, with ited onampicg| ‘of mare complex lexis (mountainous: the aption tam) | ‘Simple grammatioal forms ere use wills easenabe Conto,atnough there | ‘re instances of poor contro at sentence eve ny sree» aren Ve 00 Lanavene — |. 4 | many nace: f you go to the ety contre al busy for that recounts) tke to a in places not busy and net loudly). There i some evidence of wore ‘complex orammaticl forms (had the tion to move | would ike to move, The north of Spain wil be atantstc place fer me to iv in, ‘Some nen-impediy eters are present. 155 Key ‘SAMPLE D (Test 4, Question 7: Letter to a friend) Hi lolin, | don’t mind, crowded. place because | ike to be in 4 crond. My home is in a quite street near Tooting Broadway station and. even if it is litte busy, my street isn't, In Unete live a lob of people but almost of them move by tube 50 there isn’t so much trafic on roads. The only problem is that Clapham is on the way to qo home and. it is very busy 50, tb takes too long to go home from the city center. If | were able bo move | would live in Stockwell because it's quite near to the city center. Ib is also a good, place without too many social problems and. "a like to live there, it’s confortable. for me. See you soon, Michael en Scales | Mark | Commentary All content is relevant tothe task and appropriately expanded, “The target reader i ful informed. Contont 5 (Communicative ‘The leer olds tha race's altenion throughout, using Une propre Achievement register and format forthe tsk ‘The texts wel-organised and coherent, usina a reasonahlavaity of inking \wotds (because; anc so) and cohesive devices laimast nf themy Tho ony, ‘organisation | § | PrOOIeM «sha; 's quite near tothe city conte: lk tne ero, Use of paragraphing is appropriate and ther is good internal cohesion within and across long sentence. ‘range of everyday and some less commana frowaedseociel problems) \ocabulay are used approntiately. There am several spaling cror, but they {do not impede communication. ‘Arango of simple grammatical furs fs used with reasonable contol. There tanavane | 4 | is aso some evidence of more complex grnmaticl forms (egy use of ‘second conditional a the en ue second paragraph, ‘Some non-impeding erors of structure and vocabulary ae present (My home. 's na quite street; In there lve alot of people: almast of thom move by tube, 183 confortable fr me). beatae ei Test 4 ‘SAMPLE C (Test 4, Question 6: Email to a friend) Alex Hello | am Julieta, can you tell me, yesterday I was see you, and | could seo a T-shirt, and where are you bought the clothes from? because tomorrow is the birthday of Sergio, | need buy him gif, what clothes | can buy? bye Julieta Examiner Comments (Only the third point has been communicated, although the secorid point has been attempted, Mark: 2 183 Key SAMPLE A (Test 4, Question 6: Email to a friend) Hi Alex! Guess what? | went: shopping last: weekendl | went with Claire to Walmart because next Friday I'm having my firot job interview, She help to choose what kind of trousers or skirts | could wear and also I bought: a white blouee. See you soon Cristina Examiner Comments All he parts of the message are clearly communicated, Mark: 5 ‘SAMPLE B (Test 4, Question 6: Email to a friend) Dear Alex Today I'm very happy because | bought some new clothes In fact | went out and | went to the city center this morning | bought a. shoes that I'l dress tomorrow, and. | bought something for you What about do you come me so you can take the surprace? love Eva Examiner Comments Points 1 and 2 are communicated, but point 3 has not been attempted, Mark: 3 182 _————SSS Test 4 Test 4 PAPER 1 READING AND WRITING READING Part 1 16 26 3A 4A 58 Part2 OF 7G 8H 9D 1B Part 3 1B 2A 138 148 A 168 17B 18A 19A 2A Part 4 21C 2c 20 2A 25D Part 5 2D 27B 2B 2A 9C SD 2A BD MC 3B WRITING Part 4 less 2 | woulda 8 dificuthard at al) 4 loarrfind out/discoverteach yoursel/be taught 5 during Part2 ‘Task-specific Mark Scheme ‘The content elements that need to he covered are: | information about what now clothes candidate bought li reference to whore candidate bought clothes il reason why candidate needed to buy these clothes. The following sample answers can be used as a guide when marking. 151 Key panTa 180 ‘Now tum to Part 4, questions 20 to 25. Look at he six sentences for this par, You wil eara conversation between a boy, Sam, and @ ‘9, Caria, about a school concert. DDecie i each sentence Is corectorincomect Its correct, puta tek in he box under A for YES. tt isnot conect, puta ick nthe box under B for NO. You now have 20 seconds fo look at tha questions for Part 4 [Paves] Mow we are reat start. Liston careful. You wil hear the recording tice Sam: Cara. Caz — What ist, Sam? Sam: Why werent yout Ms Ford's meting tis moming? The one about the school concert?” Carer Wel ve decid not to tale pat thio yoar ‘Sam: You're Joking! The whole orchestra wondered vere you were and Mrs Ford even sent someone lok for you. Catz [already know about that! What itis to be popular ‘Sam: Everyone's expecting vou todo the concert, you know. And Mrs Ford has found some music for you ‘Carl: But that's the problem, Sam. We'e never allowed to select what we play. and bar choices are 80 boring! ‘Sam: Oh, that's abit una agree that it used to be Ike tha, butte programme she put ‘gether for lat your's concert was much better. You enjoyed tnt year, dt you? (Carla: Wel, the oventitse was great and I was proud of how played, but t's always ‘uch nara wrk geting ready for tha, al ose hours practising, And dot nave so ‘much time to spare mis year ‘Sam: | suppose not... But Cala, we eal need you. Apart from David in class 10, who's bilan, nobody ls plays the piano as well as you do. And David's going to be away that week (Carl: Oh, do you want me to fool auilty now? Wel, when's the fist practi? Sam: Thureday inchtimo. Look, {you don like the music Mrs Ford's decided on, why not eay eo (Cats Andi suggest something else? ‘Sam: Wel, yout be playing the piece on your om, won't you, 80 why not? Cara: That's tue... anyway, what about you, Sam? Aren't you busy atthe moment? Sam: Yeah, theres leo corso werk an tm playing in th sch fashal tam Y= fight, have to give somating up, wort? But nat the concer, that's fr sure. Carl: Wel, good for you. kay, see you on Thursday then! ‘Sam Excelent [Pause] ‘Now listen again. [The recording i repeated) [Pause] Thats the end of Part 4 (Pause) You now have si minutes to check and copy your answers onto the answer sheet. Note: Teacher, stop the recording here and tine si minutes, Reming students wien there is ‘one minute remaining Thats the end ofthe test. PARTS Tost 3 because the fultime assistants cout add p in ther hea. | was good at, but they used caus there was anyting dic to work out Int: Did youeriy serving customers inthe shop? Linde: Theta pact of the day was unchime, when we wore busy. Ten jst lew. Then it was interesting when people cae into plan apart oa wedi. One ofthe chefs woud come trough to discuss the design ofthe cake, Some customers thought the prices were too igh, but usualy ended up buying te cakes anya. Pause) Now ston agen. {ihe recoring i epetea} [Pause] That she endof Part 2. Pause] Now tum to Prt, questions 14 fo 19 "You mi ear some recorded infomation about a museum, For each question, inthe ising information nthe numbered space, You now have 20 seconds to look at Part 3 acre] Now we are ready 0 stat Liston carly. You wil har the recoding twice War; —-Tark you or calng the Gental Musou inom e Centra Museums open everyday rom 2nd January trough oStst December and IS open diy rm 10 am unt 5 pen. The museum iso sa wonder exampie of loca arhtecture, complet nthe yea 18%, andthe gars, il nthe ong 1921 dig, supe and Gelght ston of al ages. “The museum contaos an important 19th-contuy English future colecton as \wol 38a parmanent Japanese at exhiiton and admission i tee al wits. Damision ncues ae prevecorded audio gude and we re fuly equipped ‘welcome wheelcna users Cu museum shop sal varity of books, cards args, You find ald of interesting ea for both ads and chcren. The museum also has aca feng a selection of hat and clashes throughout te day Wor 10 ur 40. For vars traveling by cr, parking aval atthe hoe net door. jst mete avay fom the museum, Tei ago fequent local public anspor wth buses to and fom the town cen. Thre ae also buses rom the alway sation ery ten minutes throughout the dy. For futherinforaton abou the museum, is history and its colections lease call (0202 451600. You can also cal 451855 for information about grup vis, or yo iterestdin tng room a the musgum. Teaches can look at ur website ‘on wi.cerralmuseurs ik here theyll of eas for project work. Tank yor alg the Ceial Museum information ine. (Pause) ow ster agin. {Tho recording i repeat] Pavse] Thats the end of Pat 3. Pause] 149 key PART2 148 [The recoaing is repeated (Pauoe} ‘Sever Which webicle dows Steve intend buy? Man: | saw Steve's witecrvng his sports car the other day. Woman: Did you? He okie he was going to sol it bocause with three chicren he needs to get ‘somthing more practical - you know, four-door car with ot of space for luggage. Man: Wel, he's gota van which he uses for his business, but | suppose he cant rely put the children nthe back of that. might thnk of buying that sports car, actualy. Woman: Reali? [Paves] Now listen again. [The recorang s repeated [Pause] ‘That isthe end of Part (Pause| [Now tum to Part 2, questions 8 0 18. You wit hea part oF @ rato Interw wit & woman called Linda Brown, who is aking about working ina cake stop whet se was @ stunt. For each question, puta tick inthe correct box Yau naw have 45 seconds to look at the questions for Pat 2. Pause] ‘Now we aro ready to start Listen careuly. You wil hear the recording twine Int Now Linda e's tak about your fst jb. lungs: Wel | was an assistant in an expensive cake shop Inte smal tw wnre | vad eas my last year al coo, etre welt cole. | wanted to eam extra money for myself because | come rom a family of seven and my parents could’ afore ve us much pockst money. Im: Did you tke your rst boss? Linda: He was always polit, never shouted at us, even when we dropped things; ana tht ‘as good for young git lke me Wh wasn't very confident. He knew everything | ‘out the business. | nad no proper traning, butt was good experience working ‘Someone with so mucl krowedge, He uh pay us wll, bu dt expact to ‘much ia my frst job Int: Ana.what about the shop? Was it nice place to work? Linda: As! say, it was an expensive shop, and the cakes were beautiful Then inthe ‘moring there was this wonderful sme of bread baking. The rst week was ‘because jst wanted to eat tha cakes, which wasnt allowed, Dut the | os In hem. We nad to Keep everyining clean, and that was hard work. Int’ Did you do any ofthe baking yours”? Linda: There ware two chefs who ware specials in making cakes for celebrations, creaing new broad recipes loved watching them at work, but I wasn't allowed to touch the ones an splay inthe windows. We sold sanduiches a lunchtime ‘again, very lxurious ones, and the shop assistants had to make those. lear putin really generous niings, much more than | used at home, Int’ How did you get on with the other shop assistants? Unda: One of them was my best rend, which was grea, but the ful-sine staf so ‘treated us ke silly schoolgs because we couldnt cook. But | was surprised Test3 ‘Three. How much does the man pay forthe postage? Man: ke to send a parcel to Hong Kong please. How much wll t cost? ‘Woman: li need'to weigh it before I can tell you ... Okay. Ifyou send this by air, which is ‘more expensive than by sea, il be 18 euros and 0 cents. By sea, tllbe about halt ‘hat... em... auro8 50 cents. Man: need to send it by air, 80 I pay the extra, But last time, I think I only paid 15 auras. 50 cents fr the samo weight! Have prices increased? Woman: Yes, Sorry! [Pause] Now isten again, [ine recorcing is repeated} [Pause] Four. Where inthe theatre oil the woman leave her gloves? Woman: Good morning, los a pair of biack mater gloves atthe theatre lastnight, but Fm ‘ot aure where. | know kept them with ne wit I left my coat in te cloakroom, ‘Mer: We have found a pair his morning, under one ofthe seats. Woman: Oh, now | remember! put them on my seat when | went tothe coffe bar during the interval. They probabiy fel onthe floor when | came back. Man: Well you can collact them from the tcket office any time, [Pause] Now itor again. [Te recorcing is repeated) [Pause] Five, Which dress does the woman like host? Woman: Och look... that ress withthe spots is relly, Sil | Duy I? ‘Men: Him isa bit expensive, though it would look really good on you. But that white ‘eis rely nce, You always look groat in wte. Tis one with the flowers would lok good on you tog, and look ~ W's half price! ‘woman: I'm not very keen on that material And I prefer the spotty one tothe wtite one, ‘aon't you? ‘Man: Oh, wel, t's betterf you decide which one you want. [Pause] ‘Now liston again [Tire recaring ts repeat] [Pause] ‘Six. What isthe television prooramme about? Mari” Hi, Daniela. t's Maria. Thor's relly geed programme you igh ike to watch ‘9n TV tanight~at rine. That proeontor you like, the woman win fins cepa ‘Altica~ she's doing a special programme. Daniella: te cho going back to Ata? ‘Maia: Well, tis time she's visting the South Pole, to study some of the wilde there. I ok ke they Nac a amicut ime making the programme. The weather was so bad, ey evulu My Were. IE1OOK TWO WoeKS JUS fo get there by ship. Danio: Ihat'be interesting, thanks! [Pause] Now listen again Key PART 1 146 est 3 transcript This isthe Cambridge Preliminary English Test, Test 3. There ar four part tothe test. You wil haar each part twice. For each part of ho ast tare wil be te for you to lok trough the ‘questions and ume for you to check your answers ‘Wrte your answers onthe question paper. You wil have sic minutes atthe and of the test to ‘capy your answers onto the answer sheet. The recording wil now be stopped. Pease ask any questions now, because you must not speak uring the test. [Paves] ‘Now open your quoation paper and look at Part 1. [Pause] Thr sea gts hp Fer see te ret en er Reni Tat mocoartars cope lente taoek cacao ober oer Wer dtu bec? Vr Ot heya Vira: Baya tea om econ afar, Tare en mecror, (rie seas inpeno Meret Woulfeahebecaiai tmproe are rao Meare homeo teres tock Late i ae Tm revs Fes te crt Yr it hr ch erg (om hc pm ec san tena pr hn, a nk! ye itr lantceYewreané ae tihtwlsiamr mach mace ne sete tome icemtesinterne eranceuat Very fd tt canola eb ‘eee neg sane Gh nes oh vet ona hs ro Seen traeend ai neat [Pause] a Ga Topstar i wali t Kon eh vat et a a eee OY ae Se gece Ser nan Bete cenit pn nanekaenpa o h Sroaamare pr Kotani tmrena | Pass Test 3 PAPER 2 LISTENING Part 1 10 2A 3C 4A 5A 6c 70 Part 2 8A 9B 108 110 128 136 Part 3 44 1921 Nineteen (hundred) (and) twonty-jone One thousand, nine hundred and twenty(-Jone 15 Japaniese) 16 gifts) 17 hole (next door) 18 (cavralwayftrain) station 19 group(s) Parts 208 2A 2B 2B 4B A Key SAMPLE | (Test 3, Question Story) | looked. in the shop window and | saw exactly whal | wanted. Than something speily was waiting for. It was a car. A sport car, That car was s0 vice. Bub to expence. | don’t have much cash to buy. Because my card was let in my home. So | got a good. idea ab thal moment. | got in Brat shop and see around. There were no people next to that car. So | went to that car. When | got in the car. Something was lock. | have to stay in the car. | can't went out any more. At last, | never go out the car. So | am a car. Car is me. ‘Seales Mork ‘Commentary Content “The story continues from the prompt sentence and te target readers Informed, but the message s confused towards the end. ‘Communicative ‘Aciverent ‘Staightforard ideas are communicated using an appropriate rqiter and ‘ermat, Some fo i required t flow tho etoryne at times for example the aooond and ial sontencoe. ‘Orgenisaton| ‘The storys comeced, butte short sentences and over-use o fl stops ‘cause some cific forthe target reader. Basi linking word (bu: Because; at that moment so) and alinited number ‘of cohesive devises (twas a ear A sport car, Tal rar wa so nice are used, Language Everyday vocabulary is used reasonably appropriately, despite some speling ‘ero (than; expence) and incorrect word choices tin my home; ee around). Simple grammatical forms ae used with reasonable contr although there a frequent problems wih ast tenses. rors a ois andy distract and impede meaning a times (Than ‘someting pely was waiting for; Atlas. never go out the ca. 144 Test 3 ‘SAMPLE H (Test 8, Question 8: Story) | looked tn the shop window and | saw exactly wast I wanted. After (ne week looking for thie T-Shirt | found It by luck. | wae 60 happy. | felt that my heart io jumping. | pushed the door hardly and tt wade aor of nols, All oF the costomars was looking at ma ‘sorry’ | said, But no-one gavee me attintion, | wont to the slales man and | asked him about the T-ehirt, But he answerd me with a cold heart: “they are sold out”. ooh man | didn't | felt anything for five minutes, | get out feeling 60 down. It's my beet friend birthday. And he really wart this, | was walking thinking | What: cam | get until | saw a small chop eeling them, | am go lucky | bought five t-shirts with all kind of the colors and | went home, ‘Scales ‘Mark | Commentary indo 5, _| Thestory continues rom the prompt sentence and tha targlreador would bo | 010 to flow the storyline with no problems, | | Communicative ||.) ister an ston fomat eo appropriate eas are generally communicated | | Achievement Clearly. although some efforts required atthe en ofthe frst paragraph, ‘Alleugh appopitepunctaton and shor enone dart atin, ba | tex iseennctea ana agey corer Crarsaion || Baiting words At: tac anda nts bar caheavedevene | Sundbeck |eused econ and tad elnof sce Tons ees shop slg them) weed. ‘Arango of everyday vocabulary is Used and some less common les ny ‘artis jumping: with a cold hear; sol out: feeling so down] to used nub of enore ae prsent pst he doer hardly; no; ostomy | tmavege—/8 | anton sts man bit they do not pede cere ee ‘Simp grammatical forms ae used wih reasonable contol though there ero inconsistencies urn the use of past tenses and subjectWerb agreement SR a the use of past tenses and subiecverb agreement. | 143, Key SAMPLE G (Test 3, Question 8: Story) | Locked. in the shop window and | saw exactly what | wanted,, It was the brandnew ‘Mac Book pro’, | really wanted. it but | didn’t have enough money for wt, 50 | had to wait until. | hhad. enough money but Uhab could take a while because | only got £5 pocket money per week. That really annoyed me. All day | thought: “How can | get the toney for the computer?” ‘And. then ié came to me. | went to my mother and. asked. her: “Mom, could. you Lend, me some money for a computer?* She answered: “Yes but | want it back!” So | bought the computer. ‘Seales Mark | Commentary “The story continues naturally from the prompt sentence and the target ener Would be abla to follow the storyline with no prebleme. cerwriodken {dens are communicated effecvly folowing the conventions of strteling Communicate | 5 | anda content appre ead oma re ed, hong he : target reader’ atetin throughout “The text is wel-organised and coherent, using a variety of inking words and onesive devices with flexibly (realy wanted i bul

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