LISTENING B1

EXERCISE 1    result 100%

1 Take photos

2 listen to music

3 watch films

4 stroke (= move your hand gently over something in one direction) the cat

5 park your scooter

6 make it as (= be successful as) a designer

7 set up (= start) a business

EXRECISE 2      result 100%

Speaker A a tablet

Speaker B a cat

Speaker C a scooter

Speaker D a sewing machine

Speaker F a set of knives

EXERCISE 3     result 70%

A)Small, messages, photos,music, film, bed, addicted, dinner, polite,

B) cat, beautiful, four, independent, affectionate, noise, sofa company,

c) fun, city, metro, college, scooter, space,careful, lorries, terrible,friend. Helmet

D)machine, fashion, clothes,look, size, hand, designer, buisness, creative

E) murderer, Japan, hobby, class,dinner ,friends,weeks, dishes, expensive, ingredients, cost, meal

LISTENING B2

EXERCISE 1       result 100%

1 to make discovery

2 to risk your life

3 to campaign against slavery

4 to spend all day working

5 to become aware of the danger

5 to be interested in ecology

6 to admire someone (for ...)

EXERCISE 2     result 80%

someone who was dedicated to world peace  D|d

someone who has been the victim of violence as a result of their campaigning  B|b

someone who left a more conventional job to help young people in their country  B|b

someone who was excluded from the professional community of the time  A|a

someone who she wishes she could meet  D|d

someone who wrote a book about the effect humans could have on nature  C|c

someone who made an important scientific discovery while still a child  A|a

someone who faced strong criticism from big business  C|c

EXERCISE 3      result 70%

1 Mary Anning's discovery was important because it showed that an animal could become extinct

2 Mary Anning's dog died because a large amount of earth and rocks fell on it

3 Mary Anning didn't write a famous book because she did not have access to a formal education

4 Kailash Satyarthi first saw the problems of child slavery when he was 6 years old

5 Kailash Satyarthi has saved over 80,000 children from enforced labour

6 Because of their work, two of Kailash Satyarthi's co-workers were murdered

7 Rachel Carson first specialised in marine biology

8 Rachel Carson's book made people realise that using pesticides was damaging the ecosystem

9 It's amazing that Imagine is still so well loved today

10 These days, more and more people are buying organic food

11 The speaker is apologetic because John Lennon is an obvious choice of hero

12 The speaker likes all the Beatles' songs and Lennon's solo music