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. The primary aim of Indian Prime Minister's visit to Bhutan is to ...
2. We Iearn from the interviewee that lndia has recently ...
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3. The US Congress has decided to ...
4. John Kerry's aim is to ...
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5. What does the interviewer tell us about the situation in Hong Kong?
6. How did the protests influence the elections in Taiwan?
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. The number of British soldiers participating in the exercise was ...
8. The Challengers were modemized with the latest armour and ...
9. The Royal Welsh were providing ...
10. The Light Aid Detachments (LADs) unit was responsible for ...
11. During the finał days of the exercise the British ...
12. On November 21 the high-ranking officials saw ...
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. China is hosting the conference mainly in order to ...
14. The footballer has been criticized for ...
15. The Indian girls ...
16. The execution has been ...
17. The date of the elections in Nigeria ...
18. Who did the prosecutor blame for hi ding the truth?
19. The Pakistani lawyer was ...
20. The vessel got to ...