Elementor #3422

Listening Test: Part 1

Questions 1 – 10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Listening Test: Part 2

Questions 11 – 15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Minster Park

(11)   Dartfield House school used to be

A   a tourist information centre.

B   a private home.

C   a local council building.

(12)   What is planned with regard to the lower school?

A   All buildings on the main site will be improved.

B   The lower school site will be used for new homes.

C   Additional school buildings will be constructed on the lower school site.

(13)   The catering has been changed because of

A   long queuing times.

B   changes to the school timetable.

C   dissatisfaction with the menus.

(14)   Parents are asked to

A   help their children to decide in advance which serving point to use.

B   make sure their children have enough money for food.

C   advise their children on healthy food to eat.

(15)   What does the speaker say about the existing canteen?

A   Food will still be served there.

B   Only staff will have access to it.

C   Pupils can take their food into it.

Questions 16-18

What comment does the speaker make about each of the following serving points in the Food Hall?

Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions 16-18.

Comments

A   pupils help to plan menus

B   only vegetarian food

C   different food every week

D   daily change in menu

Food available at serving points in Food Hall

16   World Adventures

17   Street Life

18   Speedy Italian

Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO optional after-school lessons are new?

A   swimming

B   piano

C   acting

D   cycling

E   theatre sound and lighting

Listening Test: Part 3

Questions 21-24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Assignment on sleep and dreams

(21)   Luke read that one reason why we often forget dreams is that

A   our memories cannot cope with too much information.

B   we might other wise be confused about what is real.

C   we do not think they are important.

(22)   What do Luke and Susie agree about dreams predicting the future?

A   It may just be due to chance.

B   It only happens with certain types of event.

C   It happens more often than some people think.

(23)   Susie says that a study on pre-school children having a short nap in the day

A   had controversial results.

B   used faulty research methodology.

C   failed to reach any clear conclusions.

(24)   In their last assignment, both students had problems with

A   statistical analysis.

B   making an action plan.

C   self-assessment

Questions 25-30

Complete the flow chart below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Listening Test: Part 4

Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Health benefits of dance

Recent findings:

• All forms of dance produce various hormones associated with feelings of happiness.
• Dancing with others has a more positive impact than dancing alone.
• An experiment on university students suggested that dance increases 31…………… .
• For those with mental illness, dance could be used as a form of 32……………… .

Benefits of dance for older people:

• accessible for people with low levels of 33……………… .
• reduces the risk of heart disease
• better 34……………… reduces the risk of accidents
• improves 35………………function by making it work faster
• improves participants’ general well-being
• gives people more 36……………to take exercise
• can lessen the feeling of 37……………,very common in older people

Benefits of Zumba:

• A study at The University of Wisconsin showed that doing Zumba for 40 minutes uses up as many 38 ………………as other quite intense forms of exercise.
• The American Journal of Health Behavior study showed that:

  –  women suffering from 39…………… benefited from doing Zumba.

  –  Zumba became a 40…………… for the participants.