Recording 1
Listening · 10 min · 10 questions
Question group 11 – 4
Questions 1-4. Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Write no more than 1 words for each answer.
School Art Competition
Age group
Theme
Format
Prize
Junior students
1
a drawing
2 tickets
Senior students
the 3
a photograph
a 4 voucher
Question group 25 – 10
Questions 5-10. Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Further details
Submitting the artwork
When: no later than 5
Where: at the 6
Competition judge
Name: Rebecca 7
Her phone number: 8
After the judging
The artworks will be shown at the Bridge Street Gallery.
The artworks will appear in a 9.
The art exhibition will be followed by a 10.
Recording 2
Listening · 10 min · 10 questions
Question group 111 – 15
Questions 11-15. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 11.
When did James Brown start collecting vacuum cleaners?
- AA. at 4 years old
- BB. at 8 years old
- CC. at 30 years old
- 12.
James can listen to a vacuum cleaner and identify
- AA. which company made it
- BB. what problem it might have
- CC. its battery life
- 13.
Before the 1950s, vacuum cleaners cost
- AA. the same price as an average car
- BB. almost a whole year's salary
- CC. about three months' wages
- 14.
Why did James make a trip to the USA a few years ago?
- AA. to win an award in Texas
- BB. to visit the Kirby factory
- CC. to meet some vacuum collectors
- 15.
On what day is the vacuum cleaner museum open late?
- AA. Tuesday
- BB. Monday
- CC. Thursday
Question group 216 – 20
Questions 16-20. Which characteristic is associated with each of the following vacuum cleaners? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letters from A-G next to questions 16-20.
List of options
- Anot available in shops
- Bspecially designed to be easy to move
- Cas large as a horse
- Dused two different sources of power
- Edesigned by a businessman
- Fnamed after a person other than the inventor
- Gassociated with a style of building
Use each option once only.
- 16.
Puffing Billy
- 17.
Hoover
- 18.
Electrolux Model V
- 19.
Electrolux Triple X
- 20.
Kirby
Recording 3
Listening · 10 min · 10 questions
Question group 121 – 26
Questions 21-26. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 21.
Daniel mentions the research about walking and creativity to Katie
- AA. because she has read it too.
- BB. because what she says reminds him of it.
- CC. because he thinks she might like to do similar research.
- 22.
In the experiments, researchers compared participants' creativity when walking and when
- AA. sitting.
- BB. running.
- CC. listening to music.
- 23.
Daniel says that in each experiment, there was a different
- AA. type of control group.
- BB. pattern of activities.
- CC. way of selecting participants.
- 24.
Daniel thinks the experiment with words is
- AA. biased in favour of certain people.
- BB. a good indicator of creativity.
- CC. open to personal interpretation.
- 25.
What is Katie and Daniel’s attitude to the experiment on focused thinking?
- AA. They are doubtful about its aims.
- BB. They are confused by its methods.
- CC. They are cautious about its conclusions
- 26.
Katie thinks that the best way forward is to consider
- AA. whether other types of exercise affect creativity.
- BB. the cause of the improvement in creativity.
- CC. how the results can be applied to creativity in real life.
Question group 227 – 30
Questions 27-30. What is the main physical benefit of each of the following walking situations? Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letters, A-G, next to questions 27-30.
List of options
- Aimproved balance
- Bgreater stamina
- Cbetter eyesight
- Dlower blood pressure
- Eregular sleeping pattern
- Fstronger bones
- Gweight loss
Use each option once only.
- 27.
walking with thin-soled footwear
- 28.
walking in the mountains
- 29.
walking for the elderly
- 30.
walking long distances
Recording 4
Listening · 10 min · 10 questions
Question group 131 – 40
Questions 31-40. Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Write no more than 1 words for each answer.
Economics and trust
Trust relies on the stranger’s 31
The understanding of trust can lower the risk of falling into 32
Trust varies and can be studied
The capacity to trust differs from one individual to another, just as skill at identifying a 33 does.
The body produces oxytocin whenever 34 takes place between people.
The trust game: two players
The first participant decides whether to hand over the money or keep it.
The second participant has no 35 to return the money.
How trust develops
Establishing trust takes a 36.
Oxytocin is also present in animals, as demonstrated through their 37 with one another.
Nash equilibrium
Participants have no 38 that the other person would change his or her decision.
Oxytocin levels and conclusion
Stressful conditions are associated with 39 oxytocin levels.
Oxytocin is a social 40.