TASK 1
Listen and choose the best answer a), b) or c). You now have one minute to look through the questions for Task One.
1. When Edith Cavell was at school, she was the best at …
2. Edith gave up teaching in Brussels because of …
3. Edith found the Kent mission hard because …
4. When Edith returned to Belgium to work, her family …
5. Edith criticized the Red Cross hospital for …
6. Working for the secret network, Edith had to …
7. During the interrogation, Edith …
TASK 2
Listen and complete the notes by putting short phrases into the gaps. There will now be a pause of 40 seconds for you to look through the notes.
8. Cmdr Yates will present findings of a special …
9. At night the USS Fitzgerald collided with ...
10. The USS John S. McCain’s collision led to the death of …
11. The USS Benfold collided with a Japanese tug while participating in …
12. The military specialists were helped by a group of …
13. The biggest problem discovered was with the level of the sailors’ …
TASK 3
Listen and circle T for true or F for false. You now have one minute to look through the questions for Task Three.
14. The two teenagers went climbing on their own
15. One boy was taken to hospital by helicopter
16. After the Bank Holiday traffic on motorways to London is heavy
17. The police advise drivers to be careful as roads are slippery after snowfall
18. People on the island of Bali were evacuated after an eruption of a volcano
19. Mr. Miura is the oldest person to climb Mount Everest
20. Tomorrow the British Isles will enjoy good weather