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TEST 1-FCE-2015_TB_•TEST1pp4-21-NEW-TB-NEW-Layout.qxd 28/2/2014 4:05 µµ Page 73 FCE Practice Test 1 Paper 3 - Listening Listening Paper 3 LISTENING PART 1 You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer A, B or C. 1. You are in a shop when you overhear this man 5. You will hear someone talking about soap operas. answering the telephone. What does the speaker think about them? What does the caller want to buy? A. They are boring and meaningless to everyone. Practice T A. a book about playing a guitar B. The plot is very exciting and unpredictable B. a book about guitar music C. People become addicted to them without realising it. C. a cassette of guitar music 6. You are staying in the home of a British family. 2. You are listening to the radio when you hear You hear the mother answering the phone. est 1 this man speaking. The caller wants to take her daughter What is he talking about? A. to the cinema. A. history B. to a party. B. shipbuilding C. to a restaurant. C. politics 7. Listen to a policeman being interviewed on the evening 3. You are sitting in a cafe when you hear this woman television news. speaking. What is he describing? She is telling her friend about A. a car crash A. the weather. B. a bomb explosion B. buying a new coat. C. a serious fire C. new windows. 8. You overhear this exchange in a major London 4. Listen to this woman introducing a college lecture. railway station. The visiting lecturer The cause of the delay is A. has recently changed career. A. snow. B. has made a new discovery. B. flooding. C. was late for the lecture. C. an accident. PART 1 - JUSTIFICATION OF THE ANSWERS ment and something ‘staggering’ is surprising and amazing. Choice A is 1. The correct answer is A. We are told that the title is “Getting the incorrect because Anne started her career there and hasn’t left. Choice Most out of Your Guitar". If you get the most out of something, you use C is not correct because although the meeting is being held at “...short it (in this case play it) in the most effective way possible. Therefore notice...”, which means without much advance planning; no mention is choice B is not a good answer; no mention is made of music. Choice C made of lateness. may be eliminated because the salesperson asks “Is it a recent publica- 5. The correct answer is C: "... they become a habit". Choice A is not tion?” A publication is a book or magazine which has been published. Also correct: " ... we actually enjoy them" therefore not boring to everyone. “available in paperback now” is another clue that it must be a book. Choice B is wrong: "... the plot is often repetitive and predictable.” 2. The correct answer is C. "...this makes what the minister said 6. The correct answer is A. The mother says “He’s one of her favourite wrong...” and “...difficulties for the government..." both indicate that the actors.” and “It’s just come out, hasn’t it?”, so we can assume he asks to topic of discussion is political. Choice A is not correct because it is go to see a film at the cinema. No mention is made of the other answer "...currently happening..." or happening now. Choice B is not a good choices. answer because while the dispute is related to shipbuilding, he is talking 7. The correct answer is B. "a blast" is a big explosion, especially about the dispute itself. caused by a bomb. Choice A is not correct because he found “remains of 3. The correct answer is C. "Not since Geoff got round to fitting the a...vehicle scattered over a wide area”; a crash would not do this. Choice new windows..." Choice A is not a good answer because weather is dis- C is not correct because there is no mention of any fire. cussed only in relation to the windows. Choice B is not a good answer 8. The correct answer is B. "The line’s a foot under water" means that because she wore a coat before she got new windows, but she does not the track that the train runs on has flooded. Choice A is incorrect mention buying one. because there had been snow but it melted and choice C is incorrect 4. The correct answer is B. The speaker mentions "...Anne’s staggering because no trains are running, so accidents won’t happen. breakthrough..." A ‘breakthrough’ is an important development or achieve- 73