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0:05now look at the instructions for part
0:07one
0:13for each question
0:15choose the correct answer
0:18look at question one
0:22one
0:24which instrument is the girl going to
0:27learn to play
0:29hi fran last time i saw you you were
0:32thinking about taking up a musical
0:33instrument but you weren't sure which
0:35one have you decided yet well my sister
0:38plays the piano i'm not sure i'd really
0:41want to copy her though my cousin's just
0:44given me his old guitar so i thought i'd
0:46try and teach myself that
0:48i did wonder about the drums but my mum
0:50says they'd be too loud and the
0:52neighbors would complain sounds good let
0:54me know when your first concert is
1:01now listen again
1:04hi fran
1:05last time i saw you you were thinking
1:07about taking up a musical instrument but
1:09you weren't sure which one have you
1:11decided yet well my sister plays the
1:13piano
1:14i'm not sure i'd really want to copy her
1:17though my cousin's just given me his old
1:19guitar so i thought i'd try and teach
1:21myself that
1:23i did wonder about the drums but my mum
1:25says they'd be too loud and the
1:26neighbors would complain sounds good let
1:29me know when your first concert is
1:362.
1:38which program are they going to watch
1:42the soccer games start soon doesn't it
1:44you want to watch that well yeah of
1:47course i do
1:48i was kind of hoping to watch that
1:50program on classical music it'd be
1:53really useful for my project that's due
1:55next week and mum will get mad if you
1:57don't let me
1:58and don't forget that last night i let
2:00you watch that stupid chat show you love
2:03um
2:04well as is for something important go on
2:07then and what do you mean you let me you
2:11love it too you know you do
2:18now listen again
2:21the soccer game starts soon doesn't it
2:23you want to watch that well yeah of
2:26course i do
2:27i was kind of hoping to watch that
2:29program on classical music it'd be
2:31really useful for my project that's due
2:33next week and mum will get mad if you
2:35don't let me
2:37and don't forget that last night i'll
2:39let you watch that stupid chat show you
2:41love
2:42um
2:43well as is for something important go on
2:46then
2:47and what do you mean you let me you love
2:50it too you know you do
2:57three
2:59which picture shows the girl's cousin
3:03is that your cousin you're standing next
3:05to in this photo
3:06the boy in the trainers
3:08well both boys are wearing trainers
3:11look
3:12but yes that's jerry on the right all
3:15right
3:16sorry wasn't he cold
3:19i mean you said you felt so cold you had
3:22no choice but to put on your warm
3:23sweatshirt and boots he never seems to
3:26feel the cold he wore a t-shirt as usual
3:30but he was the only one dressed like
3:32that nearly everyone else had a sweater
3:34at least
3:40now listen again
3:43is that your cousin you're standing next
3:45to in this photo
3:46the boy in the trainers
3:48well both boys are wearing trainers
3:51look
3:52but yes that's jerry on the right oh
3:55right
3:56sorry
3:57wasn't he cold
3:59i mean you said you felt so cold you had
4:02no choice but to put on your warm
4:03sweatshirt and boots he never seems to
4:06feel the cold he wore a t-shirt as usual
4:10but he was the only one dressed like
4:12that nearly everyone else had a sweater
4:14at least
4:20four
4:22which part of the boy's leg is painful
4:27hello edward my name's nurse brown i'm
4:30the school nurse i believe you've hurt
4:32your leg is that right yes
4:35all right can i have a look
4:37oh i can see it's a bit red what
4:40happened well i was playing football
4:42with the others and then i fell over but
4:45your knees not hurting the pain's lower
4:47down than that
4:49is it here
4:50it's more my ankle rather than my heel
4:54it really hurts and it's hard to walk
4:56yes i can see why
5:03now listen again
5:06hello edward my name's nurse brown i'm
5:09the school nurse i believe you've hurt
5:11your leg is that right yes
5:14all right can i have a look
5:16oh i can see it's a bit red what
5:19happened well i was playing football
5:21with the others and then i fell over but
5:24your knees not hurting
5:26the pain's lower down than that
5:28is it here
5:29it it's more my ankle rather than my
5:32heel
5:33it really hurts and it's hard to walk
5:35yes i can see why
5:42five
5:44how much money should students take on
5:47the trip
5:49okay
5:50listen carefully to the information
5:52about saturday's trip to the adventure
5:54park
5:55now you've all paid your 24 pounds which
5:58covers the bus fare and your entrance
6:01ticket to the park itself
6:03once you're inside the park all the
6:05rides are free
6:07however i do recommend you bring 12
6:10pounds in cash
6:12if you eat in the cafe there lunch is
6:14around 8 pounds including drinks and an
6:17ice cream
6:19so after that
6:20you'll still have some money to spend in
6:22the shop before we leave
6:28now listen again
6:31okay
6:32listen carefully to the information
6:34about saturday's trip to the adventure
6:36park
6:37now you've all paid your 24 pounds which
6:40covers the bus fare and your entrance
6:43ticket to the park itself
6:45once you're inside the park all the
6:47rides are free
6:49however i do recommend you bring 12
6:52pounds in cash
6:53if you eat in the cafe there lunch is
6:56around 8 pounds including drinks and an
6:59ice cream
7:00so after that you'll still have some
7:03money to spend in the shop before we
7:04leave
7:10six
7:12which picture is the teacher talking
7:15about
7:17look at this photo
7:18this species of wool butterfly is lovely
7:21isn't it
7:22there's another kind with just one spot
7:25at the top of each wing
7:27the ones with two spots next to each
7:29other like this one are more common in
7:32warmer climates
7:33this one's very rare in this country
7:36i've only seen them once or twice myself
7:39in our next lesson about south america
7:41you'll see a similar type of butterfly
7:44one with spots on the top and the bottom
7:47of its wings it's also really beautiful
7:55now listen
7:56again look at this photo
7:59this species of wool butterfly is lovely
8:02isn't it
8:03there's another kind with just one spot
8:06at the top of each wing
8:08the ones with two spots next to each
8:10other like this one are more common in
8:12warmer climates
8:14this one's very rare in this country
8:16i've only seen them once or twice myself
8:19in our next lesson about south america
8:22you'll see a similar type of butterfly
8:24one with spots on the top and the bottom
8:27of its wings it's also really beautiful
8:36seven
8:38what has the girl learned how to make
8:41how are your cooking classes at school
8:43going great thanks we've just moved on
8:46to making desserts my favorite so what
8:49are you making well chocolate cake's
8:52definitely one of the things on the list
8:54i'm most looking forward to but that's
8:56not for a few lessons
8:58the last thing we did was apple pie
9:00which was harder than i thought it would
9:02be and we're learning to cook chocolate
9:04chip biscuits this week i'll save one
9:06for you to try after the lesson that'd
9:08be great thanks
9:15now listen again
9:18how are your cooking classes at school
9:20going great thanks we've just moved on
9:23to making desserts my favorite so what
9:26are you making well chocolate cake's
9:28definitely one of the things on the list
9:30i'm most looking forward to but that's
9:32not for a few lessons
9:34the last thing we did was apple pie
9:36which was harder than i thought it would
9:38be and we're learning to cook chocolate
9:40chip biscuits this week i'll save one
9:43for you to try after the lesson that'd
9:45be great thanks
9:51that is the end of part one
9:59now look at part two
10:03for each question
10:05choose the correct answer
10:09eight
10:10you will hear two friends talking about
10:13their school project
10:23what do you think about the project
10:24we're doing on space at school
10:27it's okay
10:28what about you it's my favorite topic of
10:31the year so far
10:32why's that well one day i'd like to be
10:36part of a research team that helps send
10:38astronauts into space physics is such an
10:41amazing subject i'm learning so much i
10:44suppose so i can see why you're enjoying
10:47the project so much
10:49i've watched a lot of films about space
10:51travel really
10:53most science fiction movies are hardly
10:55realistic so the sort of stuff i watch
10:58is mostly documentaries oh right
11:06now listen again
11:08what do you think about the project
11:10we're doing on space at school it's okay
11:13what about you it's my favorite topic of
11:16the year so far
11:18why's that
11:19well one day i'd like to be part of a
11:22research team that helps send astronauts
11:24into space physics is such an amazing
11:27subject
11:28i'm learning so much i suppose so
11:31i can see why you're enjoying the
11:32project so much
11:34i've watched a lot of films about space
11:36travel really
11:38most science fiction movies are hardly
11:41realistic so the sort of stuff i watch
11:43is mostly documentaries oh right
11:51nine
11:53you will hear two friends talking during
11:56a game of chess
12:06i know you've only played chess once
12:07before but you should know you can't do
12:10that
12:11why not i thought it was a good move
12:13yes but you're not allowed to move that
12:16piece like that
12:17only the one that looks like a horse can
12:19jump over other pieces really
12:22it's so complicated but i suppose that's
12:24what makes it interesting
12:26i need a lot more practice though
12:29i had trouble understanding everything
12:31at first too but then dad showed me this
12:33brilliant computer game which teaches
12:35you all about chess in a really
12:37entertaining way you should try it
12:45now listen again
12:47i know you've only played chess once
12:49before but you should know you can't do
12:52that
12:52why not i thought it was a good move
12:55yes but you're not allowed to move that
12:57piece like that
12:59only the one that looks like a horse can
13:01jump over other pieces
13:02really it's so complicated
13:05but i suppose that's what makes it
13:07interesting
13:08i need a lot more practice though
13:10i had trouble understanding everything
13:12at first too but then dad showed me this
13:15brilliant computer game which teaches
13:17you all about chess in a really
13:19entertaining way you should try it
13:2610.
13:28you will hear two friends talking in a
13:31fast food restaurant
13:41i really love eating here the food's
13:43great and it isn't that expensive either
13:46well yeah that's true i suppose
13:48this burger's as delicious as it looks
13:51in the picture on the menu and it's
13:53really good value i think
13:55look at this huge pile of chips
13:57fantastic
13:58yeah but i thought my burger would be
14:01enormous i mean compare that to the
14:03amount of chips you got oh stop
14:05complaining and have some of my chips
14:07and anyway at these prices you could
14:09always buy yourself another one i
14:11suppose you're right
14:13okay give me some tips then
14:20now listen again
14:23i really love eating here the food's
14:25great and it isn't that expensive either
14:27well yeah that's true i suppose
14:30this burger's as delicious as it looks
14:32in the picture on the menu and it's
14:34really good value i think
14:36look at this huge pile of chips
14:39fantastic
14:40yeah but i thought my burger would be
14:42enormous i mean compare that to the
14:45amount of chips you got oh stop
14:47complaining and have some of my chips
14:49and anyway at these prices you could
14:51always buy yourself another one i
14:53suppose you're right
14:55okay give me some chips then
15:02eleven
15:04you will hear two friends talking about
15:07their history homework
15:16have you done your history homework yet
15:19no not yet i've had a look at it but to
15:21be honest i've not even started it yet
15:24i'm not sure i'll get it done by the end
15:25of next week you sound worried i thought
15:28you really liked history why don't we do
15:30it together in the library i think i'll
15:32manage on my own actually the main
15:34writing exercise doesn't seem very hard
15:37it'll be quite interesting too
15:39it's just that there are so many
15:41historical texts to read first
15:43but if you need a hand i'll give you
15:45some advice
15:51now listen again
15:54have you done your history homework yet
15:56no not yet i've had a look at it but to
15:59be honest i've not even started it yet
16:01i'm not sure i'll get it done by the end
16:03of next week you sound worried i thought
16:05you really liked history why don't we do
16:08it together in the library i think i'll
16:10manage on my own actually the main
16:12writing exercise doesn't seem very hard
16:15it'll be quite interesting too
16:17it's just that there are so many
16:18historical texts to read first
16:21but if you need a hand i'll give you
16:23some advice
16:2912.
16:31you will hear a girl talking to a friend
16:34about becoming a member of a swimming
16:36team
16:45i hear they've accepted you for the
16:47school swimming team i knew you'd do it
16:49why didn't you believe me there were
16:51loads of good swimmers trying for it so
16:54i never thought they'd select me
16:56i've got training at least three times a
16:58week i've no idea how i'll find time
17:01what about school work they said i'll
17:03get extra help from my teachers if i
17:05need it so it'll be fine but i wonder
17:08when i'll get to see my friends at
17:10weekends if i'm always going to
17:11competitions
17:13there are going to be so many this term
17:20now listen again
17:23i hear they've accepted you for the
17:24school swimming team i knew you'd do it
17:27why didn't you believe me
17:29there were loads of good swimmers trying
17:31for it so i never thought they'd select
17:33me
17:34i've got training at least three times a
17:36week i've no idea how i'll find time
17:39what about school work they said i'll
17:41get extra help from my teachers if i
17:43need it so it'll be fine but i wonder
17:46when i'll get to see my friends at
17:48weekends if i'm always going to
17:49competitions
17:51there are going to be so many this term
17:5813.
18:01you will hear two friends talking about
18:03a school trip to a river
18:13have you seen the details about the
18:15class trip next month to a river so
18:17we'll learn more about them yes we'll
18:20have to get up at five o'clock if the
18:22coach goes at six you won't like that i
18:25don't mind if it means we'll have as
18:27much time as possible at the river we'd
18:29have even longer if we went to one
18:31that's closer to school but there aren't
18:34any near here and we want an adventure
18:37anyway it's only 10 pounds to go i
18:40suppose that's not too much for a full
18:42day out and food's included
18:49now listen again
18:52have you seen the details about the
18:54class trip next month to a river so
18:56we'll learn more about them yes we'll
18:59have to get up five o'clock if the coach
19:01goes at six
19:02you won't like that i don't mind if it
19:05means we'll have as much time as
19:06possible at the river we'd have even
19:09longer if we went to one that's closer
19:11to school but there aren't any near here
19:14and we want an adventure
19:16anyway it's only 10 pounds to go i
19:18suppose that's not too much for a full
19:20day out and foods included
19:28that is the end of part two
19:35now look at part three
19:40for each question
19:41write the correct answer in the gap
19:45write one or two words
19:48or a number or a date
19:50or a time
19:52look at questions 14 to 19 now
19:57you have 20 seconds
20:20you will hear a student giving a talk
20:22about a trip to see some seabirds called
20:25puffins
20:28last weekend i went with my family to
20:30some islands off the coast to see some
20:33sea birds called puffins
20:35these birds are really cute their beaks
20:39are orange gray and yellow and their
20:42bodies are black and white
20:44the people around there call them sea
20:46parrots it's because of their colors but
20:50puffins actually make me think of clowns
20:54people sometimes laugh at puffins when
20:56they see the way they walk
20:58on land they look a bit silly but in the
21:01water they swim very fast
21:04you can find some great videos online
21:06that show how they use their wings when
21:09they're flying in the air
21:11we went out on a boat to the islands to
21:14see the puffins
21:15their breeding seasons from may to july
21:19that's when they have their babies
21:21in the winter they go out to sea and
21:24they aren't seen again until the
21:26following spring
21:28puffins make nests for their babies in
21:30the ground just like rabbits do
21:33it means you can't see the babies but
21:36when they do come out of the nest the
21:39adult puffins have to make sure the
21:40babies aren't caught by bigger seabirds
21:43or rats
21:46puffing numbers have been falling on the
21:48islands due to fishing and climate
21:51change which is a real shame
21:54last year there were nearly 80 000 on
21:57the islands
21:58this was the same number as the previous
22:01year but lower than other years when
22:03around a hundred thousand arrived
22:07you can't get too close to the puffins
22:10as it can scare them but volunteers are
22:13always needed to count them i love to
22:16help with that
22:17also
22:18if you're interested in photography you
22:21might get close enough to them to
22:23photograph them more easily
22:25if you want to go and see the puffins
22:33now listen again
22:36last weekend i went with my family to
22:38some islands off the coast to see some
22:41sea birds called puffins
22:43these birds are really cute
22:46their beaks are orange gray and yellow
22:49and their bodies are black and white
22:52the people around there call them sea
22:54parrots
22:56it's because of their colors but puffins
22:58actually make me think of clowns
23:02people sometimes laugh at puffins when
23:04they see the way they walk
23:06on land they look a bit silly but in the
23:09water they swim very fast
23:12you can find some great videos online
23:15that show how they use their wings when
23:17they're flying in the air
23:19we went out on a boat to the islands to
23:22see the puffins
23:23their breeding seasons from may to july
23:27that's when they have their babies
23:29in the winter they go out to sea and
23:32they aren't seen again until the
23:34following spring
23:36puffins make nests for their babies in
23:38the ground just like rabbits do
23:41it means you can't see the babies but
23:44when they do come out of the nest the
23:47adult puffins have to make sure the
23:49babies aren't caught by bigger seabirds
23:52or rats
23:54puffing numbers have been falling on the
23:56islands due to fishing and climate
23:59change which is a real shame
24:02last year there were nearly 80 000 on
24:05the islands
24:06this was the same number as the previous
24:09year but lower than other years when
24:11around a hundred thousand arrived
24:15you can't get too close to the puffins
24:18as it can scare them
24:20but volunteers are always needed to
24:22count them i love to help with that
24:25also
24:26if you're interested in photography you
24:29might get close enough to them to
24:31photograph them more easily
24:33if you want to go and see the puffins
24:41that is the end of part three
24:52now look at part four
24:56for each question
24:58choose the correct answer
25:01look at questions 20 to 25 now
25:06you have 45 seconds
25:53you will hear an interview with a girl
25:56called jennifer marsden who is a
25:58comedian
25:59someone who tells jokes in front of an
26:02audience
26:04jennifer you're only 16 but have already
26:07taken part in several comedy shows
26:10when did you first realize you were good
26:12at telling jokes uh i've always tried to
26:15make people laugh
26:17at home though i was never sure if
26:19everyone was laughing to keep me happy
26:21or if my jokes were actually funny this
26:24changed when i went to a big name comedy
26:26show and chatted with one of the stars
26:29i tried one of my jokes on him and he
26:31laughed which gave me enough confidence
26:33to try performing in a school show
26:35how do you write your funniest jokes
26:39well what seems to get the most laughs
26:42is when i take day-to-day things that
26:43have happened to me and change them a
26:45bit so they're funnier
26:47any technique suggested by someone else
26:49like seeing the news on tv and creating
26:51jokes based on that
26:53has never worked well for me
26:55what do your classmates at school think
26:57about you being a comedian a lot of them
27:00are creative but because nobody else
27:02does comedy they're pleased to have
27:03someone they know who's got those skills
27:05it's good for the school and my
27:07classmates like telling their friends
27:08about me
27:10they all say they expected me to do well
27:12which i find surprising
27:14what do you find most difficult when
27:16you're on stage
27:18the hardest thing for any comedian is
27:21when an audience doesn't find you funny
27:24i'm sure that'll happen to me one day
27:26once i couldn't remember which joke came
27:29next so there was a long embarrassing
27:31silence
27:32someone said hurry up
27:34really loudly which made me think of a
27:36funny reply that made everyone laugh
27:39who has helped you develop as a comedian
27:41most my teachers have been fantastic in
27:44encouraging me
27:45as they're not comedians though it's
27:47hard for them to help me improve
27:50seeing how the audience reacts tells me
27:52directly whether my material's working
27:53or not which has pushed me to do better
27:56more than anything else
27:57i pick up ideas watching my favorite
27:59comedians in films too
28:01do you want a career in comedy in the
28:03future
28:04when i was younger i used to dream of
28:07being a doctor i liked the idea of
28:09helping people
28:11obviously comedy helps people
28:13it's good for us to laugh but i think it
28:15would stop being fun if it was my job i
28:18enjoy the shows too much to give them up
28:19totally but i'd rather do something else
28:27now listen
28:28again jennifer you're only 16 but have
28:32already taken part in several comedy
28:35shows
28:36when did you first realize you were good
28:38at telling jokes uh i've always tried to
28:41make people laugh
28:42at home though i was never sure if
28:44everyone was laughing to keep me happy
28:47or if my jokes were actually funny
28:49this changed when i went to a big name
28:51comedy show and chatted with one of the
28:53stars
28:54i tried one of my jokes on him and he
28:56laughed which gave me enough confidence
28:58to try performing in a school show
29:01how do you write your funniest jokes
29:04well what seems to get the most laughs
29:07is when i take day-to-day things that
29:09have happened to me and change them a
29:11bit so they're funnier
29:13any technique suggested by someone else
29:15like seeing the news on tv and creating
29:17jokes based on that has never worked
29:19well for me
29:20what do your classmates at school think
29:23about you being a comedian a lot of them
29:25are creative
29:26but because nobody else does comedy
29:28they're pleased to have someone they
29:29know who's got those skills
29:31it's good for the school and my
29:32classmates like telling their friends
29:34about me
29:35they all say they expected me to do well
29:37which i find surprising what do you find
29:41most difficult when you're on stage
29:43the hardest thing for any comedian is
29:46when an audience doesn't find you funny
29:49i'm sure that'll happen to me one day
29:52once i couldn't remember which joke came
29:54next so there was a long embarrassing
29:57silence someone said hurry up
30:00really loudly which made me think of a
30:02funny reply that made everyone laugh
30:04who has helped you develop as a comedian
30:07most my teachers have been fantastic in
30:09encouraging me
30:11as they're not comedians though it's
30:13hard for them to help me improve
30:15seeing how the audience reacts tells me
30:17directly whether my material is working
30:19or not which has pushed me to do better
30:21more than anything else
30:23i pick up ideas watching my favorite
30:25comedians in films too
30:27do you want a career in comedy in the
30:29future
30:30when i was younger i used to dream of
30:32being a doctor i liked the idea of
30:35helping people
30:36obviously comedy helps people it's good
30:39for us to laugh but i think it would
30:41stop being fun if it was my job i enjoy
30:43the shows too much to give them up
30:45totally but i'd rather do something else
30:52that is the end of part four
31:05you now have six minutes to write your
31:07answers on the answer sheet