Section 1 · Questions 1–10 · booking a community hall
🎧 Recording — Section 1 2 speakers · everyday conversation
A man books a hall for a family event. Listen for the details he changes his mind about.
Questions 1–10 · Note completion
Complete the booking notes. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Riverside Community Hall — Booking

  1. 1Type of event: a ______ party

    retirement. "It's to celebrate my father's retirement." Trap: the receptionist guesses "birthday" — rejected.

  2. 2Date: ______

    15 June. "the fourteenth of June… that's a Sunday, so let's say the fifteenth." Trap: 14th self-corrected to 15th.

  3. 3Number of guests: ______

    60. "Around fifty at first… but once I add the neighbours, I'd make it sixty." Trap: fifty → sixty.

  4. 4Room booked: the ______

    Garden Room. "The Main Hall would feel rather empty. We'll go with the Garden Room." Trap: Main Hall rejected.

  5. 5Cost per hour (member): £______

    18. "For members, that room is eighteen pounds an hour, rather than the usual twenty-five." Trap: £25 is the non-member rate.

  6. 6Facility also included: the ______

    kitchen. "The kitchen comes with the room, at no extra charge." (The note says "facility included" — you map it.)

  7. 7Not allowed (fire rule): ______

    candles. "one firm rule — no candles at all, for fire safety."

  8. 8Deposit: £______

    40. "forty pounds, which is returned to you after the event."

  9. 9Parking spaces reserved: ______

    5. "Five would be plenty."

  10. 10Found the details on the ______

    website. "A friend spoke highly of you — but in the end I got all the details from your website." Trap: a friend is the distractor.
Section 2 · Questions 11–20 · a guided tour of a nature reserve
🎧 Recording — Section 2 1 speaker · guided introduction
A guide walks visitors round the reserve. Follow the directions on the map, then listen for the rules and tips.
Questions 11–15 · Plan labelling
Which place is at each position on the map? Write the correct letter, A–H, next to each.
N E W S Lake pond oak A C F B G H E D ENTRANCE Blackwater Nature Reserve — site map (an original, exam-style map). Follow the guide's directions to place each letter.

  1. 11Café

    C. "Opposite the visitor centre, on your right, is the café" = C. Trap: the visitor centre (A) is on your left as you enter.

  2. 12Pond-dipping area

    B. "Take the left-hand path; a short way along, on your left beside the little pond, is the pond-dipping area" = B.

  3. 13Wildlife garden

    H. "The right-hand path… the wildlife garden is the first thing you come to, on your right" = H.

  4. 14Bird hide

    E. "in the far north-east corner, on the opposite side of the lake, is the bird hide" = E. Trap: the viewing platform (D) is in the middle by the lake.

  5. 15Picnic area

    G. "Carry on to the very end of that path and you reach the picnic area, in the north-west corner" = G.
Question 16 · Choose TWO letters
Which TWO things does the guide ask visitors not to do? Tick TWO boxes.

  1. 16Which TWO are not allowed?

    A & C. "keep your dog on its lead at all times… you must never use a flash inside the hide." The other three are allowed or encouraged.
Questions 17–20 · Multiple choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

  1. 17The guide says the best time to watch birds is

    A. "come in the early morning; by the afternoon most of them are resting out of sight." Trap: afternoon is when they hide.

  2. 18What is new at the reserve this year?

    B. "New for this year, we've launched a free mobile app with a self-guided audio tour."

  3. 19The reserve depends mainly on ______ for funding.

    C. "we receive no government funding at all, and ticket sales barely cover our costs, so the reserve really depends on your donations." Trap: both grants and tickets are ruled out.

  4. 20The guide says the best place for photography is

    B. "the bird hide… the best spot for photography in the whole reserve."
Section 3 · Questions 21–30 · a geography field project
🎧 Recording — Section 3 2 speakers · academic discussion
Two students review a river project. Listen for what they change or reject.
Questions 21–25 · Multiple Choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

  1. 21What did the students actually measure?

    B. Josh: "we changed our minds… we timed how quickly the current was moving instead." Trap: depth is raised, then dropped.

  2. 22How many sites did they use?

    C. "Five separate points — more than the three we'd sketched out at the start." Trap: three was the original plan.

  3. 23What was their main problem?

    B. "a float wedging itself against the rocks." Trap: "the conditions were perfectly fine" — weather rejected.

  4. 24Where in the river was the current strongest?

    B. "Not near the source… but along that narrow stretch in the middle." Trap: the source (upper part) is rejected.

  5. 25What advice do they give to next year's students?

    A. "carry a spare float — a second one, as a backup."
Questions 26–30 · Matching
Who did each part of the project? Write A (Aoife), B (Josh), or C (both). The labels below are reworded — listen for the meaning, not the exact words. Each part is said only once.

  1. 26the opening section

    B (Josh). Aoife: "The introduction was entirely your writing." (spoken to Josh; "opening section" = introduction.)

  2. 27the illustrations

    A (Aoife). Josh: "The maps and diagrams… were all down to you." (spoken to Aoife; "illustrations" = maps and diagrams.)

  3. 28the results tables

    C (both). "The data tables we put together side by side, the two of us."

  4. 29the closing summary

    A (Aoife). Josh: "you wrote up the conclusion on your own." ("closing summary" = conclusion.)

  5. 30the list of sources

    B (Josh). Josh: "Those were mine entirely" — the references. ("list of sources" = reference list.)
Section 4 · Questions 31–40 · a lecture on sleep
🎧 Recording — Section 4 1 speaker · academic lecture
A lecture on why we sleep and what happens in one sleep cycle. The key point often comes at the end of a sentence.
Questions 31–36 · Note completion
Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The Science of Sleep

  1. 31Sleep boosts the body's ______ defences (so poor sleepers fall ill more often).

    immune. Audio: "the body uses the night to strengthen the immune system… someone short of sleep catches every cold." The note says "defences / fall ill" — you must map it, not word-match.

  2. 32Deep sleep is the main time for physical ______ of muscle and tissue.

    repair. Audio: "most bodily repair takes place, as muscle and tissue are rebuilt."

  3. 33Rough guide for an adult: about ______ hours a night.

    eight. "the figure of eight hours… a fair guide for an adult." Trap: teenagers need "closer to nine" — nine is the distractor.

  4. 34Even more than total hours, keep a regular sleep ______.

    routine. "Just as important is keeping a steady routine… the same time every day."

  5. 35Best bedroom conditions: quiet, dark and slightly ______.

    cool. "it should be quiet, dark and, perhaps surprisingly, slightly cool rather than warm." Trap: "warm" is rejected.

  6. 36Main drink to avoid later in the day: ______ (can last up to 8 hours).

    caffeine. "Caffeine is the obvious culprit — it can remain active for as long as eight hours."
Questions 37–40 · Sentence completion
Complete each sentence about one sleep cycle. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer.

  1. 37Each cycle begins in ______ sleep, when even a quiet noise can wake you.

    light. "It opens with light sleep, the shallow stage from which the smallest sound can wake you."

  2. 38The stage that is hardest to wake from is ______ sleep.

    deep. "we descend into deep sleep, the stage it is hardest to be roused from."

  3. 39Almost all dreaming takes place during ______ sleep.

    REM. "a very active phase known as REM, when the eyes flicker and nearly all our dreaming happens."

  4. 40One full cycle actually lasts about ______ minutes (not an hour).

    ninety / 90. "People often guess about an hour, but it's nearer ninety minutes." Trap: "an hour" (60) is the wrong guess named in the audio.