TEST 1

6   Thursdays     7   4:20

8   Taylor     9   0779386521     10   library

Woman:   Now, I want to tell you about a new school music club. It’ll begin on the fifteenth of September and there will be classes once a week until December the eighteenth.

Let me check the day … Because there’s the sports club on Wednesdays, the music club will be on Thursdays.

It’ll be after school. Your last lessons finish at ten to four and you can have a break before the music club because it starts at twenty past four and ends at five o’clock.

Here’s some information about the teacher. His name’s Mr Taylor. I’ll spell that for you T-A-Y-L-O-R. You don’t know him because he’s new.

If your parents would like to phone him, he’s happy for me to give you his phone number. It’s zero-double seven-nine, three-eight-six, five-two-one.

Oh, you need to know where to go for the club. It’s going to be in the library. Use the doors next to the art room because the other doors won’t be open then.

TEST 2

6   tiger     7   10:45

8   Sohatu     9   37                10   poster

Woman:   Hi. Today you’re going to do your project. It’s called Helping because it’s about what people do to look after animals.

First, you’re going to do a drawing. It’s difficult to draw a monkey because they move so much, so you’re going to draw a tiger.

Water is very important for our animals, and at ten forty-five you’re going to go with our staff to give some animals their water. Then, at eleven thirty, you’ll see our youngest animal. He’s really beautiful; he’s a baby lion. He’s called Sohatu. I’ll spell that for you, so you can find out more about him on our website. It’s S-O-H-A-T-U.

After that, you’ll see the dolphins. Some dolphins can live to be sixty years old, but our oldest dolphin is thirty-seven. He’s about one hundred kilos and two metres long.

At the end of the day, we’ll give you a present -a poster. You can also go to the shop and buy perhaps a T-shirt or a toy.

 

 

TEST 3

6   Bridge     7   395

8   4.50     9   coat     10 snack

Emin:   Hi. I’m phoning about the football match that we’re going to. It’s on Saturday. But it isn’t in the City Stadium like the last football match we went to. This one’s in the Bridge Stadium. That’s B-R-I-D-G-E. You know, near the river!

Can you come to my house at half past two? Then we can go to the match together by bus. Bus number two-seven-four only goes every thirty minutes, so it’s better for us to get the three-nine-five, which is every ten minutes.

The tickets are usually ten pounds, but because my dad’s a member of the football club, we only pay four fifty each. That’s not bad, is it?

It’s going to be a bit cold, so don’t wear just a jacket – you’ll need a coat. I’m going to wear my red one because that’s our team’s colour!

Oh, and another thing, bring a snack because the cafés are expensive. You can get water there for free, so don’t bring water.

I think that’s everything. Bye!

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 4

6   12th July               7   video

8   jittersea                 9   college                   10   175

Woman:   Rosie, I’ve found some information about that dance competition that you’re interested in. It’s perfect for you because it’s for children who are between thirteen and fifteen.

The competition’s on the fourth of August, but you’ve got to enter by the twelfth of July. So you’ve still got over four weeks.

You don’t have to send any money to enter, just a video. I know you’ve already got some, but it might be a good idea to make a new one.

Anyway, everything you need to know is on the website. Write down the address. It’s www dot jittersea dot com. That’s spelt J-I-double T-E-R-S-E-A.

I also found out where they’re having the competition. It’s going to be at the college; the one opposite the park. That’s easy for you to get to.

And the best news is about the prizes. The winner gets a hundred and seventy-five pounds, and the person who comes second gets one hundred pounds! That’s a lot!

 

 

 

 

TEST 5

6   story                      7   250                        8   photo(graph)

9   collatra                  10   22nd May

 

Fabio:   Hi, it’s Fabio. Sorry you weren’t at school today. I hope you’re feeling better. I want to tell you about our homework for English.

It’s much easier than our last homework when we had to write an advertisement. This time it’s a story. We’ve got to write about a journey. Of course, it doesn’t have to be real. I’ve already started mine and I’ve written one hundred words, but actually we’ve got to write two hundred and fifty, so I have to write some more.

We have to include a photo, but we don’t have to draw a map or anything like that. If you need some ideas, look at this website: www dot collatra dot com. That’s C-O-double L-A-T-R-A. OK?

One last thing, the date we’ve got to give it to the teacher. Let me look, I wrote it down. Yeah, the twenty-second of May. That’s good because it’s before my birthday on the twenty-fifth, so I’ll have no homework on my birthday!

 

 

 

TEST 6

6   5.60           7   Saturday

8   9:10           9   camera     10   Modana

Woman:   Please listen because I want to tell you about the next class trip. We’re going to a castle. You read about this one in Tedbury last week in your history lesson. Tell your parents they need to pay for the trip this week. It’s five pounds sixty. That’s three pounds for the ticket and the rest is for transport.

This trip’s on a Saturday. We don’t want you to miss a school day, like a Friday.

We’re going by bus. Please get to school by eight fifty at the latest because the bus will go at ten past nine exactly.

You don’t need to bring paper or a pen, but you’ll need a camera. If you haven’t got one, you can share with a friend.

While we’re there, we’re going to see a special exhibition. The one about cars has just finished and now there’s one about clothes that’s called Modana. That’s M-O-D-A-N-A. It’s very interesting to see what people wore hundreds of years ago.

Now, any questions … (fade)

 

 

 

 

TEST 7

6 8.30   7 6   8 1   9 free   10 photo

 

Woman:   Welcome to the library. You will all come here a lot, so there’s some important information that you need to know.

First of all, the hours the library is open. During term time, the library is open 24 hours a day. But outside term time, it’s open from half past eight in the morning until seven o’clock in the evening.

Of course, you will want to take things out of the library. You can borrow different things, like magazines, CDs, books. You can take up to ten different things out of the library, but only six books at one time. But please be careful! If you return things late, you will have to pay a fine! The cost is two pounds a day for each book and one pound a day for other things. Library cards are free, but you need to fill in a form and give it in with a photo. If you lose your card, you can get a new one, but it will cost five pounds.

 

 

 

 

TEST 8

6 China   7 4/four   8 6/six   9 games   10 July

Jessica:   My name’s Jessica Chapman and I’d like to tell you about a job I did a few months ago. I worked as an online language teacher. I helped schoolchildren in China to learn English. I talked to them online using special software for two hours every Monday and Wednesday. My students were all young, eight to ten years old and about the same level. The groups I taught were small: three to six students in each lesson.

I had an interactive whiteboard on my screen that I could write and draw on. The students could see it on their screens, too. We played games, sang songs and had conversations.

I saw an advert for the job in January, and I applied immediately. A month later I got a reply, and I started working in July. I want to be a teacher in the future and this job gave me lots of experience. I really loved it, and I was sad when the job came to an end in September.

 

 

TEST 9

6 13   7 1,045   8 4/four   9 15/fifteen   10 quiet

Woman:   Now I’m going to give you some information about university flats. The first type is the cheapest. There are ten students in each flat. A room costs £95 per week. Each term is a different number of weeks. The first term is longer than the others. It’s 13 weeks, so it’s more expensive: one thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds.

The second term costs nine hundred and fifty pounds, and the final term costs one thousand and forty-five pounds. The second type of flat is £110 a week and you share with three other students. In the first term, flats are available from the fifteenth of September until the twentieth of December. You can’t stay in the flats during the university holidays, but you can move back in on the fourth of January for the second term.

We have quiet time at night in student flats from Monday to Thursday between ten o’clock at night and half past six in the morning so students can study and sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 10

6 February   7 40,000   8 Park   9 died   10 1931

Man:   Thomas Alva Edison was a famous American inventor. He was born on 11th February, 1847, the seventh child of Samuel and Nancy Edison.

Thomas wasn’t a good student and he left school after only a few months. But he was interested in science and technology from an early age, and he spent hours reading scientific books and making things.

He moved to New York City in 1869, and he soon made a lot of money from his inventions – $40,000.

In 1871, he married Mary Stilwell, and in 1876, he opened a laboratory in a village called Menlo Park. A lot of people worked for him and helped him with his inventions. His first great invention there was the phonograph, a machine that could record and play sound. He also invented an electric light bulb that people could use at home. His inventions made him very rich.

His wife died in 1884, but he married again in 1886. He and his second wife moved to West Orange, in New Jersey. There, Edison built another big laboratory and factories. He worked there until he died on the 18 October 1931.

Now listen again.

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 11

6 12th   7 730   8 drinks   9 morning   10 beginners

Woman: Thanks for coming today and showing interest in the skiing trip. Now, I’m going to give you some details. This year we’re going to Italy.

The trip starts on the second of January and lasts for ten days, so we’ll be away until the twelfth of January. I’m pleased to say that this year trip will be a bit less expensive than last year, when it was £775. The price has come down £45 to £730, and that’s because the hotel is cheaper.

That price includes breakfast, the evening meal, the cost of renting skis and ski clothes, and the ski lifts. But you’ll need to pay for your own lunch. That’s not included, and drinks aren’t, either.

There are lessons every morning. The cost is included in the price of the holiday. If you’re a beginner, I strongly advise you to take these lessons so that you learn good skiing techniques. Right, are there any questions?

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 12

6 118   7 4/four   8 391   9 30/thirty   10 fish

Woman:   Welcome aboard! Before we begin our tour, let me tell you a few things about this beautiful city. Venice is built on a number of islands in the Adriatic Sea. No one knows the exact number, but we think there are 118. Between the islands there are 150 canals.

Today we are going to travel along the Grand Canal, the city’s busiest canal. It’s also the longest: almost four kilometres long! You won’t see any cars, of course, but there will be lots of different boats. We will pass under four bridges, but there are many more in the city. Venice has 391 bridges, and most of them are very beautiful. You should try and see some of them while you are here.

Our boat trip today will take about thirty minutes. We will go past many of the city’s famous churches, museums and palaces. We will even go past the fish market!

Now, please be seated and we will begin our tour … [fade]

 

 

 

 

TEST 13

6 first   7 80   8 64   9 24   10 notebook

Woman:   Welcome to the University Language Centre. I’d like to give you some basic information about our evening language classes.

We offer evening classes in English, Italian, French, Russian and Spanish. Classes are in the afternoons or evenings, and they start in the first week of October. Courses are six weeks long, so they end in the middle of November. The English courses are free, but the other language courses cost £80. If you want to learn more than one language, you get a 20% discount, so your second course will cost you just £64.

There are courses for beginners as well as for more advanced students. Most courses have lessons three times a week, but English courses have four lessons a week, so 24 lessons in total.

You don’t need to buy any books, but we suggest that all students should bring a notebook and a pen or pencil to classes. Now, any questions?

 

 

 

 

TEST 14.

6 4.45   7 15/fifteen   8 ticket

9 wallets   10 5819 236

Woman:   Good morning, everyone. My name’s Michaela and I’m going to give you some information about our trip today. It takes two hours to get to London, so that means that you will have from ten fifteen until quarter to five to look around the city. We have to leave at that time as the traffic gets very bad after five o’clock.

I know some of you want to go shopping, and the new Kings and Queens shopping centre on Bristol Street is now open. You can get a 15% discount in the shops there. I know it’s not as good as the 20% we got last year, but I think you’ll agree it’s better than nothing. The staff there just need to see your coach ticket and they’ll give you your discount.

Please be careful with your wallets and purses! The streets and shops are crowded on Saturdays, and that’s a chance for pickpockets to steal things. If you have any problems, my mobile number is 0777-5819-236. That’s 0777-5819-236.

 

 

 

 

TEST 15

6 December   7 12th October

8 colour   9 13   10 Rivers

Woman:   Last year’s school calendar was very popular. Because of this, we are going to make another one, ready for next year. (6) We hope to finish it by November, so that we can sell it in early December. We have decided to include drawings, rather than photos, in next year’s calendar. This is because we think it will be more interesting and less expensive to make.

If you would like to have your drawing in our calendar, you must enter it into our school competition. (7) The final date to enter the competition is October 12th. We hoped it would be October 20th, but we had to change the date as we need to print it by early November. We will choose a different drawing for each month and the best of all will be put on the front cover. The 12 inside pictures will be in black and white, and (8) the one on the front cover will be in colour. So (9) we need 13 pictures in total. (10) Please send your drawings to Mrs. Rivers. That’s R-I-V-E-R-S. She works in the geography department.

 

 

 

TEST 16

6 60   7 40   8 player   9 Saturday   10 7

 

Man:   As you all know, Mr. Snow is leaving next month, at the end of the spring term. Unfortunately he decided not to stay until next year. (6) He is now 60 years old and he would like to stop teaching before he is 65.

We know that he is popular with our students and we would like to buy him a leaving present. If we collect enough money, we can buy him something really nice. (7) We have already collected £60, but we need at least £40 more to make a total of £100. Someone suggested buying a clock, and someone else suggested a watch. But (8) we decided to buy him a nice DVD player instead, because he loves watching films! Your teachers will collect money for Mr. Snow in the school cafeteria after lessons, next Friday.

We finish lessons at midday, on Friday 15th April. (9) On Saturday 16th we will meet at school at around 5.30 pm to prepare for the party. (10) The party starts at 7 in the evening. Then a student will give him the present. I hope all our teachers and some parents will be there and of course, all of you!

 

 

 

TEST 17

6 14th June   7 library

8 Thursday   9 Pink   10 cycling

Man:   (6) We have changed the day of our sports day this year. This is because we want to include swimming events and our new swimming pool won’t be ready until June 4th. (6) The new date will be Friday, June 14th. I think this will be much better for everybody.

I hope that all of you will be interested in doing something for our sports day. (7) Please put your name on the events list, if you would like to take part. (7) The list will be put on the wall beside the library (8) until Thursday. (9) If you have any questions, Miss Pink, that’s P I N K, our sports teacher, will be available to answer them during lunch break, on Monday. We will have many of our usual events, such as a volleyball match and, of course, a football match. However, (10) this year we will also have one more new event. This is a cycling race in which teachers can take part. It will be at the end of the day, before prizes are given to the winners of each race.

 

 

TEST 18

6 11                          7 guidebooks

8 photographs          9 20th April              10 coat(s)

Man:   Welcome to the Museum of the Natural World. I know most of you are interested in the new dinosaur exhibition, so I will take you there first. The tour will take 1 hour. Afterwards, you can look at the rainforest and countryside exhibitions by yourselves. (6) Don’t forget that your coach leaves at 11 am, so you have 3 hours, in total, for your visit. (7) There are guidebooks for sale at the information desk. (8) Please remember, you cannot take photographs in the museum. Of course, you may write down information in your notebooks if you like.

Next year we will have a new exhibition on technology and the natural world. We were hoping to have it ready by March 13th. Unfortunately, it will now open a month later, on April 12th, (9) a week before the school holidays, which start on April 20th. We hope you can visit us again, then! When you leave the museum today, (10) please remember to collect your coats from the entrance hall.

 

 

 

TEST 19

6 17th June              7 occupations

8 4                           9 technology             10 Rogers

Woman:   I know you are preparing for the test on Monday, June 9th. However, because you are final-year students, you need to think about a career, too. So, before term ends, on June 20th, (6) someone will visit the school, on June 17th to give careers advice. (7) On this day, you will be able to find out about many different occupations. We hope that this will help you choose an interesting career. It is never too early to start thinking about the future!

(8) The event will be from 9am to 4pm. From 11am until midday, (9) the first talk will be for anyone interested in science and technology and from 2pm until 3pm, the second talk will be about languages.

(10) If you would like more details, please speak to Mr. Rogers, that’s R-O-G-E-R-S. He will add your name to a list of those interested in the event. There is also an information sheet at the back of the hall that you can take home with you to read.

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 20

6 Friday   7 4.00   8 costumes

9 Field   10 drinks

Woman:   I’m sure you are all looking forward to the school play. This will be at the end of term, on Monday, December 20th. (6) Tickets will be on sale in the gym during the break, until Friday. Adult tickets will cost £3.00 for parents and (7) £4.00 for guests.

Children’s tickets are £2.00 each but, of course, students who are in the play will get two free tickets for family and friends.

We hope that everyone is ready for the play! I think most of you are quite excited about it! However, (8) we still need people to help make costumes. Please (9) speak to Mr. Field, that’s F-I-E-L-D, if you are interested in helping.

For those of you who will take part in the play, there will be a meeting after school, next week. We still need to decide who will do different jobs. (10) We need people to sell ice cream and drinks before the play starts and others to help tidy up afterwards. I hope that lots of you will want to help!

Well, that’s all I want to say for now. Thank you for listening!

 

 

TEST 21

6 19th May          7 coach

8 50                      9 biostaff             10 prize

Woman:   All the biology students will be excited to hear that there will be a trip to a local farm, next month. We wanted the trip to be on the 18th April, but April’s a very busy month for farms. So (6) we’ll go the following month, on May 19th, before examinations begin on June 2nd.

(7) We will go by coach, as the farm isn’t near a train or bus station. There’ll also be a lot of us! (8) In total, we will be 52. That’s 2 teachers and 2 classes of biology students. Mr. Low will be with his class of 30 students and Mrs. Topping with the 20 students who are in her class.

Before you go, you will start preparing a project on farm animals. You can work alone or in small groups. Please find such projects at (9) the school’s website. That’s www-dot-biostaff-dot-com. That’s spelt B-I-O-S-T-A-double F. (10) There will be a competition for the best project and a prize for the winner or winners! I have written all the details on these sheets. Please take one before you leave!

 

 

TEST 22

6 cafeteria      7 7th March

8 3                   9 4                                10 digibooks

First – 1 st, second – 2 nd, 3 third- rd, 4 fourth – 4th

Man:   I’d like to tell you about our plans for the new library. We all feel that in this digital age students aren’t interested in reading books from a library. They prefer to read a book on a mobile phone or a tablet. For this reason, we want to make reading more exciting by buying more modern books and building a new library.

(6) The new library will be beside the cafeteria, so you can buy a coffee or something to eat when you want a break from studying. The old library, next to the gym, will close on February 28th.

(7) For one week from that date, until March 7th, you will not be able to use either library. (8) On March 15th, and for two more days, there will be a sale of old library books in the new library.

(9) When the new library opens, students will be able to borrow four books a week. If you have any ideas about the new library, please send them by email to (10) this website: www-dot-digibooks-dot-com. That’s D-I-G-I-B-double O-K-S. Thank you for listening.