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Part A

Listening Comprehension

Welcome to part A of your examination: Listening Comprehension. You will listen to four recordings. You will hear each recording twice. After each listening, you will have time to comlete your answers. There will be no extra time at the end of the examination to revise your answers.

Recording 1: Bricks

You will hear a recording on a research project.
While listening, complete the table below using keywords.
After each listening, you will have 30 seconds to check your solutions. You now have 1 minute to read the task.
(6 BE)
1. Name of the institution that is doing research on bricks:
2. New function of bricks experimented with:
3. Advantage in using these bricks:
4. Chemical substance the new function of bricks is based on:
5. Result of a reaction with gases within the bricks:
6. One drawback of the invention:

Recording 2: Fast Fashion

You will hear five short audios about today's fashion industry.
While listening, match the audios 1 to 5 with the headings A to G.
There are two more headings than you need. Write your answers in the correct boxes below. After each listening, you will have 20 seconds to check your solutions.
You now have 1 minute and 30 seconds to read the task.
(6 BE)
Headings
A Politicians take action against fashion manufacturers.
B Unwanted garments go to foreign countries or waste disposal sites.
C The fashion industry is responding to valid environmental concerns.
D Fast fashion made of synthetic material seriously affects marine life.
E The fashion industry has shortened the time until clothes are in the stores.
F Fast fashion constantly makes us feel out of date and tempts us to buy more.
G High-street fashion stores are being challenged by alternative business ideas.
Audio Heading
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2
3
4
5

Recording 3: Living architecture

You will hear an interview with Professor Mitchell Joachim from New York University.
While listening, tick the correct option a, b or c. There is only one correct answer. After each listening, you will have 20 seconds to check your solutions. You now have 1 minute and 40 seconds to read the task.
(6 BE)
1.
The concept of living architecture is described as the ...
a answer the housing shortage in cities.
b usage of organic components in building.
c adjustment of homes to individual lifestyle.
2.
The group Terraform One's aim is to ...
a create improved cities.
b modernise run-down cities.
a simplify family life in modern cities.
3.
Professor Mitchel Joachim criticizes the enormous ...
a risks for workers on building sites.
b costs of conventional building materials.
c energy consumption of industrial construction methods.
4.
Professor Mitchell Joachim's unusual idea involves ...
a upcycling existing buildings.
b embedding houses into the environment.
c using wooden modular construction systems.
5.
Living architecture makes use of a ...
a traditional craft.
b forgotten calculation system.
c computer-animated construction model.
6.
In the past, ship hulls were made from solid trees that had been ...
a harvested on cold winter nights.
b manipulated into a certain form.
c especially planted for this purpose.

Recording 4: Rhinos

You will hear a news report on a scientific experiment.
While listening, tick the correct option a, b or c. There is only one correct answer. After each listening, you will have 20 seconds to check your solutions.
You now have 1 minute and 40 seconds to read the task.
(5 BE)
1.
Compared to the Nobel prize Ig-Nobel awards are ...
a of minor interest.
b nearly as renowned.
c granted to non-scientists.
2.
The Ig-Nobel prize is given to projects that ...
a appear expensive but are still profitable.
b seem funny at first but make you stop and refect.
c are very risky but turn out to be absolutely necessary.
3.
A helicopter transported the rhinos ...
a lying in a crate.
b secured in a special net.
c dangling the wrong way up.
4.
This new method of transport proved to be the least ...
a damaging to the rhinos' habitat.
b stressful for the rhinos' offspring.
c harmful for the rhinos' vital functions.
5.
The overall tone of the report is informative and ...
a critical.
b provocative.
c entertaining.

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