Listening — Test 0183 (audio playing)
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Part 1 — Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. Employment agency: Possible jobs First job Administrative assistant in a company that produces

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Employment agency: Possible jobs First job Administrative assistant in a company that produces ____
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(North London) Responsibilities • Data entry • Go to ____
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and take notes • General admin • Management of ____
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Requirements • Good computer skills including spreadsheets • Good interpersonal skills • Attention to ____
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Experience • Need a minimum of ____
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of teleconferencing Second job Warehouse assistant in South London Responsibilities • Stock management • Managing ____
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Requirements • Ability to work with numbers • Good computer skills • Very organized and ____
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• Good communication skills • Used to working in a ____
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• Able to cope with items that are ____
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Need experience of • Driving in London • Warehouse work • ____

Part 2 — Questions 11–20

Choose the correct letter A, B or C. Street Play Scheme

11. When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?
12. How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?
13. Who is responsible for closing the road?
14. Residents who want to use their cars
15. Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in
16. What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

18 Choose TWO letters A-E. Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

  • Aincreased physical activity
  • Bincreased sense of independence
  • Copportunity to learn new games
  • Dopportunity to be part of a community
  • Eopportunity to make new friends
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Question 17
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Question 18

20 Choose TWO letters A-E. Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

  • Amore shoppers
  • Bimproved safety
  • Cless air pollution
  • Dmore relaxed atmosphere
  • Eless noise pollution Part 3:
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Question 19
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Question 20

Part 3 — Questions 21–30

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers: • What

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What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers: • What ____
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the item is on • The ____
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of the item, including the headline • Any ____
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accompanying the item • The ____
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of the item e.g. what’s made prominent • The writer’s main ____
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• The ____

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles? Write the correct letter A, B or C for questions 27-30.

  • Ashe will definitely look for a suitable article
  • Bshe may look for a suitable article
  • Cshe definitely won’t look for an article Types of articles 27. national news item 28. editorial 29. human interest 30. arts Part 4:
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national news item
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editorial
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human interest
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arts

Part 4 — Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. Early history of keeping clean Prehistoric times: • Water was used to wash off

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Early history of keeping clean Prehistoric times: • Water was used to wash off ____
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Ancient Babylon: • Soap like material found in ____
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cylinders Ancient Greece: • People cleaned themselves with sand and other substances • Used a strigil – scraper made of ____
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• Washed clothes in streams Ancient Germany and Gaul: • Used soap to colour their ____
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fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes • From about 312 BC, water carried to Roman ____
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by aqueducts Europe in Middle Ages: • Decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of ____
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• ____
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century: • 1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual • 1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from ____
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• Early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a ____
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• From 1800s, there was no longer a ____