TASK 1
You are going to hear extracts from radio interviews. Listen and choose the best answer a), b) or c). You will hear each recording twice. Before each recording there will be a pause of 30 seconds to read the questions.
You now have 30 seconds to read the questions for this Text.
1. According to the speaker, after the court’s ruling ...
2. According to the speaker, the court’s decision was the result of …
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3. The analyst says that after finding plastic in Snickers, Mars ...
4. According to Neil Saunders, consumers don’t forgive …
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5. Scammers …
6. In the second part of the interview the speaker ...
TASK 2
You are going to listen to an officer giving a briefing. Complete the notes. You will hear the briefing twice. There will now be a pause of 40 seconds to allow you to look at the notes.
7. Today space must be controlled as it has become the area of major …
8. After consolidating all satellites, commanders will be able to get information from …
9. Using satellites to see the enemy makes it possible to target them with …
10. USSF troops will take over surveillance duties from all military branches and …
11. It is DARPA’s task to work out how to send shipments from …
12. According to the speaker, the Outer Space Treaty fails to prohibit …
TASK 3
You are going to hear short news items. Listen and choose the best answer a), b) or c). Before each news item there will be a pause of 30 seconds to read the question.
13. The footballer Gary Johnson admitted to …
14. The investigator Cornel Borbély criticized …
15. South Korea’s president says the government’s policy towards North Korea ...
16. At the senate hearing, a retired Filipino police officer …
17. Russia has described the US ambassador’s statement as …
18. According to the news, the UN report on Kashmir has been …
19. According to the news, the opposition candidate in the Maldives …
20. China …