9B listening

You hear a customer talking to a shop assistant about a coat she bought. What does she want?

• a different kind of item

• the same item but in a different size

• her money back

You hear a weather forecast on the radio. Tomorrow, the weather in the east of the country will be

• stormy in the morning.

• sunny in the afternoon.

• foggy in the evening.

You hear an office worker talking about cycling to work. What does she enjoy most about it?

• getting some exercise each morning

• avoiding the traffic into town

• thinking about the day ahead

You hear a radio announcer talking about a competition for writers of short stories. The man says that one of the rules is that

• you have to be over sixteen to enter.

• you can submit more than one entry.

• your entry must be emailed.

You hear a conversation about reading. The man enjoys reading books which

• have characters that remind him of people he knows.

• describe situations that he finds highly amusing.

• are set in places that he is unlikely ever to visit.

You hear two people talking about watching films on the Internet. What do they agree about?

• the advantages of buying films online

• the usefulness of reading film reviews

• the pleasure of watching films at home

You hear a woman at an airport talking on the phone. Why did she miss her flight?

• She was held up by traffic.

• There was a long queue at check-in.

• She went to the wrong terminal.

You hear a man talking about his new job. What attracted him to this job?

• the type of work

• the opportunities for promotion

• the salary offered

You hear part of a conversation in a watch repair shop. What is the man doing?

• refusing to accept the watch for repair

• encouraging the customer to buy a watch

• advising the customer to have the watch mended elsewhere

You are on a train and you hear a woman leaving a message on an answering machine. Why is she calling?

• to arrange a lift from the station

• to change the time of her evening meal

• to find out bus times from the station