FCE Listening Practice Test 14 Printable
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You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the
best answer (A, В or C).
1. You need to see a doctor urgently. You telephone a surgery and hear this answer-
phone message. What are you advised to do?
A. go to 217 Jordan Street
B. contact another doctor
C. telephone 622919
2. You hear part of a news broadcast on TV about an accident at a chemical factory. The
speaker is speaking
A. in the chemical factory.
B. outside the chemical factory.
C. in the nearby town.
3. You are staying in Britain with a host family. You hear the father speaking to one of his
children. The day of the week they are speaking on is
A. Tuesday.
B. Thursday.
C. Wednesday.
4. You overhear a man at a call box telephoning an emergency break-down service to ask
for a mechanic to fix his car. Where is the car?
A. near the Green Lion pub
B. opposite the Green Lion pub
C. opposite the high street
5. Listen to a man outside a supermarket talking to a housewife. What does the man want
to do?
A. sell her some washing powder
B. ask her about her family’s washing habits
C. visit her home
6. You are with a group of friends. One of them is telling you about something that
happened to her at work. She works
A. as a secretary.
B. as a railway employee.
C. for the police.
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7. Listen to this man being interviewed on the radio. The man is
A. a singer.
B. a film star.
C. an actor.
8. You are on a bus tour of a British historical city. You are currently looking at Saint
Christopher’s Memorial Hospital. The speaker’s opinion of that building is that
A. she is not clear on its appearance.
B. the gardens are exceptionally beautiful.
C. the architecture is a masterpiece.
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You are going to hear somebody giving their opinion about the media and its influence on
society. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences.
Society and the Media
The three forms of media are TV, radio and 9 ______.
Politicians use the media during political 10 ______.
Entertainers use it to stay in the 11 ______.
The percentage of people who did not have a particular point of view about the privacy of
celebrities was 12 ______.
The most influential form of media is 13 ______.
We can be deceived by TV when we are shown carefully selected 14 ______.
Some TV stations turn true events into 15 ______.
A newspaper had to pay 16 ______ for printing lies about a pop singer.
Sometimes a paper can avoid being sued if it makes a public 17 ______.
There are two kinds of newspaper; the “quality” papers and the 18 ______.
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You will hear five different women talking about the same wedding. For questions 19-23,
choose from the list A-H who the speaker is speaking to. Use the letters only once. There
are three extra letter which you do not need to use.
A. her husband Speaker 1 19 __
В. her boyfriend Speaker 2 20 __
C. a child Speaker 3 21 __
D. her father Speaker 4 22 __
E. her boss Speaker 5 23 __
F. somebody she’s just met
G. her mother
H. the vicar
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You will hear three friends talking about their relationships. For questions 24-30, choose
the best answer (A, В or C).
24. What’s Anne’s problem?
A. She’s got no one to go out with.
B. She’s angry with her boyfriend.
C. She has hurt herself.
25. Who has been hard to get in touch with recently?
A. Mark
B. Dave
C. Anne
26. What does Mark do?
A. He gets angry with Anne.
B. He tries to change the subject.
C. He asks Sue about her boyfriend.
27. What does Dave say?
A. He will never get married to Sue.
B. He isn’t sure if he is going to go on holiday or not.
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C. He doesn’t know where to go on holiday.
28. What is Mark’s problem?
A. He smokes too much.
B. He goes out too often.
C. He has a medical problem.
29. How can Anne be described at the end?
A. sad
B. optimistic
C. nervous
30. What is Mark’s attitude towards Anne?
A. He disapproves of her dating someone else so quickly.
B. He wants to try to help her.
C. He thinks it is unlikely that her cousin will be interested in her.
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