TEST 16

Audioscript

Friend:   Hello, Philip. Are you doing a photography course?

Philip:   Yes, there wasn’t one at my college, Park College, so I go to City College in South Road.

Friend:   Are your classes in the evening?

Philip:   Yes, I finish at Park College at quarter past five and get home about six. The lessons start at quarter to seven. I have just enough time to eat.

Friend:   How much are they?

Philip:   My ten-week course is usually ninety-five pounds. But it costs me seventy-five pounds because I’m a student. There’s also a five-week course for fifty-five pounds.

Friend:   Is it a good course?

Philip:   Yes, great. The cameras are rather old, but my photos are much better now, so I’m really pleased. I’ll never be a famous photographer though.

Friend:   I think taking photographs is difficult.

Philip:   Well, we did animals first and they’re certainly not easy. But then we took pictures of trees, and that wasn’t difficult. We’ll photograph children next.

Friend:   And after the course?

Philip:   There aren’t many jobs for photographers. It’ll be my hobby. I can use my father’s camera but I’ll have to buy a lot of film.

TEST 17

11 B   12 A   13 C   14 C   15 B

Audioscript

Helen:   Sam, you know I sing in Nick’s band?

Sam:   Mmm. He plays drums, doesn’t he, Helen?

Helen:   Yes. Well, we need another guitar player. How about you?

Sam:   Sure!

Helen:   Nick wants to hear you play first. Are you free on Wednesday?

Sam:   Sorry. How about the next day or Friday?

Helen:   Let’s say Thursday – Nick’s busy on Fridays.

Sam:   Fine. Where and what time?

Helen:   Come to my flat at seven thirty and we can walk to Nick’s. The band uses his dad’s garage because his bedroom’s too small.

Sam:   Should I bring anything? Food? Music?

Helen:   Nick’s mum makes us sandwiches and I always bring CDs. A warm sweater’s a good idea, because it gets cold.

Sam:   OK. When’s the band’s next concert? Aren’t you playing at your brother’s eighteenth birthday party?

Helen:   Yes, and the college has booked us for the Saturday before that. We want to play at the Starlight Club, but they’re fully booked at the moment.

Sam:   Do you get paid for singing, Helen?

Helen:   Of course – the band gets a hundred and ten pounds a night and we each have twenty-five pounds. Nick keeps ten pounds for things like advertisements.

Sam:   Great.

TEST 18

11 C   12 A   13 B   14 C   15 B

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Jamie:   Hi, Mum! I’ve decided to move from my room at the university and into a flat with some friends.

Mum:   Is the flat near the university, Jamie?

Jamie:   About twenty minutes by bicycle and there are buses every half hour. But I’ll walk through the park and have breakfast at a café there with – my friends.

Mum:   Will the flat be quiet so you can study?

Jamie:   There’s a shoe shop downstairs, but it’s never busy, and there’s not much traffic.

Mum:   Is it expensive?

Jamie:   Two hundred pounds a week, but there are five of us, so that’s forty pounds each, which isn’t bad.

Mum:   Good. Does the flat have a nice kitchen?

Jamie:   Well, the fridge is old and the cooker’s a bit small, but that doesn’t matter – we can’t cook! Can I still use your washing machine, Mum, because there isn’t one there?

Mum:   Of course. When will you move?

Jamie:   On Saturday.

Mum:   If you can wait until the next day, Dad and I will help you, so you’re ready for classes on Monday.

Jamie:   OK. Thanks, Mum!

TEST 19

Maria:   Hi, Zak, this is Maria. I got a message about your sports bag but I didn’t understand it.

Zak:   Thanks for phoning, Maria. I’m still in hospital, so can you get my sports bag from school? It’s blue, not black and white like my school bag.

Maria:   OK. What size is it?

Zak:   It’s quite large and it’s a good bag. I only bought it a few weeks ago, but it needs a wash!

Maria:   Where is it?

Zak:   Well, I had it on the sports field with me, but Tim took it to the classroom after my accident. I left it there when they brought me to hospital.

Maria:   Is there anything inside it?

Zak:   Only my school uniform. I’m wearing my watch, and I never carry money in it.

Maria:   OK. Shall I bring it to the hospital after school?

Zak:   I’m going home this afternoon. Can you take it there this evening? I’ll need it for tomorrow morning.

Maria:   Sure. How did you hurt yourself anyway?

Zak:   It was after football. We were running back to the changing rooms when I fell.

Maria:   Oh dear!

TEST 20

Answer & Audioscript

11 A   12 B   13 C   14 B   15 C

Audioscript

Sarah:   Hi, Jim. I like your walking shoes. I haven’t seen any like them in England before.

Jim:   They’re Italian, Sarah. I got them for my holiday in Austria last month.

Sarah:   I need some like them, because I’m going to go there too.

Jim:   Not many shops sell them. I got mine at the market, but they may have some at the new supermarket.

Sarah:   How much were they?

Jim:   I think they usually cost sixty-eight pounds, but mine were only forty-eight – so I paid twenty pounds less. I was really pleased.

Sarah:   I’ll get some this afternoon. Is there anything else special I should take?

Jim:   Well, pack a hat, because the sun can be strong in the mountains. I took a sweater and a jacket, but I never needed them.

Sarah:   Anything else?

Jim:   Take lots of T-shirts, one for each day you’re going to go walking.

Sarah:   That’s five days of my week’s holiday. And what about taking a phone?

Jim:   Well, there’ll be one in your hotel, if you want to call home. But take yours, because then you can call someone if you get lost in the mountains.

Sarah:   Thanks, Jim.