Part 1 -C1 T2 B4 (1)

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Test 2. I'm going to give you the instructions for this test. I'll introduce each part of the test
and give you time to look at the questions. At the start of each piece, you'll hear this sound.

You'll hear each piece twice. Remember, while you're listening, write your answers on the
question paper. You'll have 5 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the
separate answer sheet.

There'll now be a pause. Please ask any questions now because you must not speak during
the test. Now open your question paper and look at part 1. Part 1. You'll hear 3 different
extracts.

For questions 1 to 6, choose the answer A, B or C, which fits best according to what you
hear. There are 2 questions for each extract. Extract 1. You hear a bird watcher talking to his
friend about spotting birds near his home.

Now look at questions 1 and 2. I hear you got a sighting of an unusual bird somewhere in
your area recently. Well, it was just by where I live so I could hardly pass up the opportunity.
I mean, normally this particular species would have been flying around in sunny Southern
Europe, not in the soggy English wetlands.

Anyway, there was no doubting its status. As ever, at the first hint of such an unusual visitor,
a number of other committed bird lovers had also rushed there. All of us with our state-of-
the-art kid to catch a glimpse of it.

In fact, if it hadn't been for them pointing it out, I would have missed it completely.
Eventually, it flew straight past me searching for insects. Oh wow! And I've read that there
are lots of other exotic birds on those wetlands too.

They arrived some time ago so of course these days they barely merit a second glance from
even the most committed bird watchers. But I remember on a recent walk there being taken
aback by the sheer scale and variety of the area's colonisation by all these birds. And I
understand their future will be secure thanks to some kind of nature preservation order on
the wetlands, is that right? I believe so.

I hear you got a sighting of an unusual bird somewhere in your area recently. Well, it was
just by where I live so I could hardly pass up the opportunity. I mean, normally this
particular species would have been flying around in sunny southern Europe, not in the soggy
English wetlands.

Anyway, there was no doubting its status. As ever, at the first hint of such an unusual visitor,
a number of other committed bird lovers had also rushed there. All of us with our state-of-
the-art kid to catch a glimpse of it.

In fact, if it hadn't been for them pointing it out, I would have missed it completely.
Eventually, it flew straight past me searching for insects. Oh, wow.
And I've read that there are lots of other exotic birds on those wetlands too. They arrived
some time ago, so of course these days they barely merit a second glance from even the
most committed bird watchers. But I remember on a recent walk there being taken aback by
the sheer scale and variety of the area's colonisation by all these birds.

And I understand their future will be secure thanks to some kind of nature preservation
order on the wetlands, is that right? I believe so. Extract two. You hear two friends
discussing a problem with a car repair.

Now look at questions three and four. Did you manage to get your car fixed? Well, it's a long
story, but yes, it's working fine now. What happened? Well, I dropped off the car last week
for what they called a diagnostic check.

The mechanic rang me the next day, quoting 240 pounds to get it repaired. I thought this
was reasonable and told him to go ahead. Then when I went in to pick up the car, the
receptionist presented me with a bill for 2,400 pounds.

I was obviously horrified at first, but I argued my case and they reduced the bill to 1,200,
which actually was fair for what they had to do. The thing that took me aback was that they
all took this completely in their stride, as if it happened fairly regularly. It's obvious there's
something fundamentally wrong with the garage's systems.

They've clearly got to sort it out, or they'll lose out financially and have lots of dissatisfied
customers. Sounds like they need to put all quotes in writing, and then everything's clear
from the start. Mind you, it's hardly a one-off, is it? I've heard of this kind of thing happening
in quite a few places.

Did you manage to get your car fixed? Well, it's a long story, but yes, it's working fine now.
What happened? Well, I dropped off the car last week for what they called a diagnostic
check. The mechanic rang me the next day, quoting 240 pounds to get it repaired.

I thought this was reasonable and told him to go ahead. Then when I went in to pick up the
car, the receptionist presented me with a bill for 2,400 pounds. I was obviously horrified at
first, but I argued my case and they reduced the bill to 1,200, which actually was fair for
what they had to do.

The thing that took me aback was that they all took this completely in their stride, as if it
happened fairly regularly. It's obvious there's something fundamentally wrong with the
garage's systems. They've clearly got to sort it out, or they'll lose out financially and have
lots of dissatisfied customers.

Sounds like they need to put all quotes in writing, and then everything's clear from the start.
Mind you, it's hardly a one-off, is it? I've heard of this kind of thing happening in quite a few
places. Oh, really? Extract 3. You hear two friends discussing a book called History Scapes
they have both just read.

Now look at questions 5 and 6. How funny that you've just read History Scapes as well.
What did you think of it? Well, I feel the writer was probably too ambitious, but on the
whole it worked well. I'm going to keep an eye open for other stuff he's done.
The first part covered thousands of years, but he managed to avoid it simply being a list of
meaningless facts. He chose a small number of key events to focus on, and that really
brought things to life for me. And I thought the latest section was just as interesting, but in a
very different way.

I agree. When I was reading it, I found myself thinking about the first job I ever had. As a
history teacher in a school with kids who weren't really interested in history.

I had complete freedom to teach whatever I wanted in those days. It's a bit different now.
Anyway, I decided to try to make history relevant for them by doing projects based on one
or two local historical characters.

We obviously didn't have the resources we have now, but it's surprising what you can do
with a bit of imagination. Well, maybe you ought to think about writing a book. How funny
that you've just read History Scapes as well.

What did you think of it? Well, I feel the writer was probably too ambitious, but on the
whole it worked well. I'm going to keep an eye open for other stuff he's done. The first part
covered thousands of years, but he managed to avoid it simply being a list of meaningless
facts.

He chose a small number of key events to focus on, and that really brought things to life for
me. And I thought the later section was just as interesting, but in a very different way. I
agree.

When I was reading it, I found myself thinking about the first job I ever had. As a history
teacher in a school with kids who weren't really interested in history. I had complete
freedom to teach whatever I wanted in those days.

It's a bit different now. Anyway, I decided to try to make history relevant for them by doing
projects based on one or two local historical characters. We obviously didn't have the
resources we have now, but it's surprising what you can do with a bit of imagination.

Well, maybe you ought to think about writing a book. That's the end of part one. Now turn
to part two.
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