Practice Test 93-Go Global

In the Listening Test 93, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40.

Section 1 is a conversation between a student and a railway clerk.

Section 2 is a speech given to the new at a university.

Section 3 is a radio programme with a researcher about stress at work.

Section 4 is a lecture on solar eclipses in history.

Section 1

Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.

APPLICATION FOR RAILCARD

Type of Card Required:	Young Person’s Railcard
First Name:	1_______________________________
Surname:	2_____________________________________
Date of Birth:	3________________________________________
Permanent Address:	158 Kingwood Close, Norwich
Postcode:	4____________________________________
Telephone Number:	5___________________________________
Term-time Address:	Housewalk Terrace,
London Postcode:	WF1 4NN

Questions 6-9

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each, answer.

Types of Ticket	Restrictions	Cost
London Day Out	outside peak hours	£ 6________________
Super Advance Return	must hook seat 7_______________ in advance	£ 23
Saver	outside peak hours	£ 8__________________
9_________________	no restrictions	£60

Question 10

Circle the correct letters A-C. Write answer next to 10 on your answer sheet.

10 How much does the student actually pay for his ticket to London?

A £7.66

B £15.34

C £33.34

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Section 2

Questions 11-20

Questions 11-13

Circle the correct letters A-C. Write answers next to 11-13 on your answer sheet.

11 Who are mentors?

A New students

B Second or third-year students

C University teachers

12 How often should mentor groups meet?

A Once a week

B Once a fortnight

C Once a month

13 What is it essential to do at the first meeting?

A Explain your problems

B Make new friends

C Agree when to meet again

Questions 14-17

List FOUR things which students may be given information about.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

14 ____________________

15____________________

16____________________

17____________________

Questions 18-20

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

18 Your mentor will show you how to obtain a free____________________.

19 Mentoring is useful for people who are _______________for the first time.

20 Your mentor may give you advice on how to_____________________.

Section 3

Questions 21-30

Questions 21-24

Choose from the list of possible causes in the box. Write answers next to 21-24 on your answer sheet.

What did each person say was the principal cause of stress for them?

Example	Answer
Ramon	teamwork
Kikuko	21__________________________________
Boris	22_______________________________
Etienne	23______________________________
Nagwa	24_________________________

Questions 25-27

List THREE parts of one’s daily routine that can help reduce stress.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

List of Possible Causes of Stress

A bad management

B dual-career family

C fear of unemployment

D new technologies

E working surroundings

F powerlessness

G too much work

25________________

26________________

27________________

Questions 28-30

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in each space.

Cause of stress	Strategy for reducing stress
Overwork	28______________
Fear of job	29_______________
New technologies	30_______________

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Questions 31-36

Circle the correct letters A-C. Write answers next to 31-36 on your answer sheet.

31 The speaker compares a solar eclipse today to a

A religious experience.

B scientific event.

C popular spectacle.

32 The speaker says that the dark spot of an eclipse is

A simple to predict.

B easy to explain.

C randomly occurring.

33 Concerning an eclipse, the ancient Chinese were

A fascinated.

B rational.

C disturbed.

34 For the speaker, the most impressive aspect of an eclipse is the A exceptional beauty of the sky.

A exceptional beauty of the sky.

B chance for scientific study.

C effect of the moon on the sun.

35 Eclipses occur rarely because of the size of the

A moon.

B sun.

C earth.

36 In predicting eclipses, the Babylonians were restricted by their

A religious attitudes.

B inaccurate observations.

C limited ability to calculate.

Questions 37-40

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Date of Eclipse	Scientists	Observation
1735	Halley	37_____________ who accurately predicted an eclipse
1868	Janssen and Lockyer	discovered 38_______________
1878	Watson	believed he had found 39_______________
1919	Einstein	realized astronomers had misunderstood 40______________