TEST 1

Answer & Audioscript

14 Nature   15 wildlife   16 forest

17 12 / twelve   18 fire

19 birdhouse / bird house

Ben:   Hello, everyone. Let me introduce myself – my name’s Ben and I’d like to tell you about a course you can do on Saturday mornings.

I’m from an organisation called ‘Nature’ and we run courses for young people like you to do during the weekends. Now, we know that at school you learn a lot about things like science and maths, but this course is really about giving your youth group the chance to come and find out about wildlife. It’s an area that tends to get forgotten.

We usually take groups like yours to a wild place that’s near their home. Sometimes we go to a beach or a lake, but we’ve planned for your group to go to a forest. That’s the closest place for you, and the easiest to get to.

Now, we’d like you to come and do some activities with us. You spend six hours each week with us and the course lasts for 12 weeks, depending on the weather. That might sound like a long time, but we think you’ll be sorry when it’s over!

Taking part in our activities means you get to do all sorts of things that you wouldn’t normally be allowed to do at home. That includes how to safely climb trees, cut wood and build a fire.

While you’re with us, we’ll also show you how to make things out of different materials. On the last course, everyone designed backpacks which they were very pleased with. This time we thought we’d get you to design and make a birdhouse. When it’s finished, you can take it home and show your family. We think you’ll enjoy doing this.

Now, any questions …?

TEST 2

Answer & Audioscript

14 March   15 England   16 father

17 money   18 trainer   19 apples 

Audioscript

Hannah:   Hi. My name’s Hannah. I come from a family that trains horses, and we have a champion horse called Griffon. He is black with an incredibly shiny coat. He was born two years ago, in December, and we’re taking him to compete in his first international show in March next year, just after my fifteenth birthday.

The whole family is going – me, my sister and our parents. We live in Poland and we’re going to drive through Germany and the Netherlands to the show in England, so it’ll be a long journey for us. The event lasts for three days, and we’ll be staying with friends who also have horses.

My sister wanted to ride Griffon in front of the judges, but she’s too young. The rules are that the person riding the horse has to be over 18, so my father will do it. Griffon has been to other shows in several European countries. He’s got dozens of cups, but at an event a couple of weeks ago, he got some money as a prize, which was a change. It suited us because it’s expensive taking part in horse shows.

Horses have to learn what to do in front of the judges – how to walk and jump. I watch my parents working with Griffon, and my dream is to be a trainer too, getting horses ready for shows. My parents want me to study to be a doctor, but I’m not sure about that.

When Griffon comes first in a competition he’s as pleased as we are. Lots of people give their horses sweets when they win but we give Griffon apples. I also think he likes to be the centre of attention.