Book 15 Listening Test 2

Listening 15 Test 2

Section 1

Questions 1-4: Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Festival information

Date	Type of event	Details
17th	a concert	performers from Canada
18th	a ballet	company called 1.
19th-20th (afternoon)	a play	type of play: a comedy called Jemima has had a good 2.
20th (evening)	a 3. show	show is called 4.

Questions 5-10: Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Workshops

• Making 5. food

• (children only) Making 6.

• (adults only) Making toys from 7. using various tools

Outdoor activities

• Swimming in the 8.

• Walking in the woods, led by an expert on 9.

• See the festival organiser’s 10. for more information

SECTION 2

Questions 15-20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter next to Questions 15-20.

15. statue of Diane Gosforth

16. wooden sculptures

17. playground

18. maze

19. tennis courts

20. fitness area

SECTION 3

Questions 21 and 22
Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO groups of people is the display primarily intended for?

A Student from the English department.

B Residents of the local area.

C The university's teaching staff.

D Potential new students.

E Students from other departments.

21.

22.

Questions 23 and 24
Choose TWO letters, A-E.

What are Cathy and Graham's TWO reasons for choosing the novelist Charles Dickens?

A His speeches inspired others to try to improve society.

B He used his publications to draw attention to social problems.

C His novels are well-known now.

D He was consulted on a number of social issues.

E His reputation has changed in recent times.

23.

24.

Questions 25-30
What topic do Cathy and Graham choose to illustrate with each novel?
Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 25-30.

Topics

A poverty

B education

C Dickens's travels

D entertainment

E crime and the law

F wealth

G medicine

H a woman's life

Novels by Dickens

25. The Pickwick Papers

26. Oliver Twist

27. Nicholas Nickleby

28. Martin Chuzzlewit

29. Bleak House

30. Little Dorrit

SECTION 4

Questions 31-40: Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Agricultural programme in Mozambique

How the programme was organised

• It focused on a dry and arid region in Chicualacuala district, near the Limpopo River.

• People depended on the forest to provide charcoal as a source of income.

• 31. was seen as the main priority to ensure the supply of water.

• Most of the work organised by farmers' associations was done by 32.

• Fenced areas created to keep animals away from crops.

• The programme provided

– 33. for the fences

– 34. for suitable crops

– water pumps.

• The farmers provided

– labour

– 35. for the fences on their land.

Further developments

• The marketing of produce was sometimes difficult due to lack of 36.

• Training was therefore provided in methods of food 37.

• Farmers made special places where 38. could be kept.

• Local people later suggested keeping 39.

Evaluation and lessons learned

• Agricultural production increased, improving incomes and food security.

• Enough time must be allowed, particularly for the 40. phase of the programme.

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