B2 Module 29

You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1–8, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

1. Câu 1. Listen to this man inviting a friend to go out. What is he suggesting doing?
   • A. going to a birthday party
   • B. watching a film
   • C. having a meal out

   Đáp án: C

2. Câu 2. On the street you hear a woman talking to a group of people. Who are the people?
   • A. tourists
   • B. pupils
   • C. museum workers

   Đáp án: B

3. Câu 3. You hear two people talking about a book. What does the woman dislike about it?
   • A. the characters in the story
   • B. the exciting parts of the plot
   • C. the description of places

   Đáp án: A

4. Câu 4. You hear someone on the radio talking about a football match. What was the final result?
   • A. Cambridge won.
   • B. Peterborough won.
   • C. Cambridge and Peterborough drew.

   Đáp án: C

5. Câu 5. You hear a student talking to her friend. What does she want him to do?
   • A. lend her his computer
   • B. draw some diagrams for her
   • C. fetch some books for her

   Đáp án: A

6. Câu 6. You hear someone on the train talking on a mobile phone. What feeling does he express?
   • A. amusement
   • B. disbelief
   • C. anger

   Đáp án: C

7. Câu 7. You hear someone being interviewed on the radio. What has the interviewee won a prize for?
   • A. acting
   • B. writing
   • C. directing

   Đáp án: B

8. Câu 8. You hear a woman talking about an accident. What caused the accident?
   • A. the man’s careless driving
   • B. an animal in the road
   • C. a problem with the woman’s car

   Đáp án: B

Listen to a teacher talking about invigilating exams. For questions 9–18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

1. Câu 9. Câu 9

   Đáp án: modern European history / history

2. Câu 10. Câu 10

   Đáp án: turn off their mobile phones

3. Câu 11. Câu 11

   Đáp án: 20 minutes / twenty minutes

4. Câu 12. Câu 12

   Đáp án: prospects / future jobs

5. Câu 13. Câu 13

   Đáp án: a reporter / reporter

6. Câu 14. Câu 14

   Đáp án: poem

7. Câu 15. Câu 15

   Đáp án: adventure

8. Câu 16. Câu 16

   Đáp án: retires

9. Câu 17. Câu 17

   Đáp án: school holidays

10. Câu 18. Câu 18

    Đáp án: suspicious

You will hear five different people talking about what things really irritate them. For questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-F) what each person says about something that annoys them. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.

1. Câu 19. Speaker 1
   • A. My attitudes have changed as I’ve got older.
   • B. I’m irritated by the way some of my friends treat me.
   • C. What annoys me is other people’s rudeness.
   • D. It’s an aspect of modern technology that really annoys me.
   • E. I’m annoyed by some people’s approach to their work.
   • F. I’m irritated by different things at different times of year.

   Đáp án: D

2. Câu 20. Speaker 2
   • A. My attitudes have changed as I’ve got older.
   • B. I’m irritated by the way some of my friends treat me.
   • C. What annoys me is other people’s rudeness.
   • D. It’s an aspect of modern technology that really annoys me.
   • E. I’m annoyed by some people’s approach to their work.
   • F. I’m irritated by different things at different times of year.

   Đáp án: A

3. Câu 21. Speaker 3
   • A. My attitudes have changed as I’ve got older.
   • B. I’m irritated by the way some of my friends treat me.
   • C. What annoys me is other people’s rudeness.
   • D. It’s an aspect of modern technology that really annoys me.
   • E. I’m annoyed by some people’s approach to their work.
   • F. I’m irritated by different things at different times of year.

   Đáp án: E

4. Câu 22. Speaker 4
   • A. My attitudes have changed as I’ve got older.
   • B. I’m irritated by the way some of my friends treat me.
   • C. What annoys me is other people’s rudeness.
   • D. It’s an aspect of modern technology that really annoys me.
   • E. I’m annoyed by some people’s approach to their work.
   • F. I’m irritated by different things at different times of year.

   Đáp án: B

5. Câu 23. Speaker 5
   • A. My attitudes have changed as I’ve got older.
   • B. I’m irritated by the way some of my friends treat me.
   • C. What annoys me is other people’s rudeness.
   • D. It’s an aspect of modern technology that really annoys me.
   • E. I’m annoyed by some people’s approach to their work.
   • F. I’m irritated by different things at different times of year.

   Đáp án: F

You will hear an interview with Stella McDonald, who works for a company which investigates social trends. For questions 24–30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

1. Câu 24. The organisation Stella works for focuses on
   • A. government policy.
   • B. social change.
   • C. public opinion.

   Đáp án: B

2. Câu 25. What has Stella recently been studying?
   • A. an unexpected tendency
   • B. a difficult social problem
   • C. a proposal for change

   Đáp án: A

3. Câu 26. Stella says that temporary work
   • A. is equally popular with men and women.
   • B. is more popular with women.
   • C. is more popular with men.

   Đáp án: C

4. Câu 27. The main reason given for preferring temporary work is that
   • A. It fits in well with family commitments.
   • B. It lets people experience a greater variety of work.
   • C. It allows more freedom with regard to time management.

   Đáp án: C

5. Câu 28. Stella says that people sometimes choose a temporary job when they are
   • A. tired of their previous career.
   • B. uncertain about a possible career path.
   • C. unable to do a training course for their chosen career.

   Đáp án: B

6. Câu 29. The man says that temporary work might be popular with people who are
   • A. still at college.
   • B. in creative professions.
   • C. keen to meet a lot of people.

   Đáp án: B

7. Câu 30. Stella says that people in temporary jobs
   • A. often get offered permanent work by the company they’re temping for.
   • B. usually earn less than people in permanent work.
   • C. sometimes decide not to apply for a permanent job again.

   Đáp án: C