10/24/24, 11:34 B2 First sample paper 1
AM Listening
First
Listening D251/03
Sample Test 1
Time Approximately 40 minutes (including 5 minutes’ transfer time)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer
sheet if they are not already there.
Listen to the instructions for each part of the paper
carefully. Answer all the questions.
While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper.
You will have 5 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate
answer sheet. Use a pencil.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
There are four parts to the
test. Each question carries
one mark. You will hear
each piece twice.
For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and
time for you to check your answers.
* 500/2705/0
Copyright © UCLES 2021 Cambridge English Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International
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, 10/24/24, 11:34 B2 First sample paper 1
AM Listening
2
Part 1
1 You hear a message on a telephone answering machine.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1 – 8, choose the best answer (A, B or C ).
Why is the speaker calling?
A to confirm some arrangements
B to issue an invitation
C to persuade someone to do something
2 You hear two people talking about a water-sports centre.
The man says the centre should
A pay more attention to safety.
B offer activities for small children.
C provide all the equipment needed.
3 You hear a professional tennis player talking about her career.
What annoys her most about interviewers?
A their belief that she leads a glamorous life
B their assumption that she’s motivated by money
C their tendency to disturb her while she’s travelling
4 You hear a poet talking about his work.
What is he doing?
A giving his reasons for starting to visit schools
B justifying the childlike nature of some of his recent poems
C explaining that his poems appeal to people of different ages
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AM Listening
First
Listening D251/03
Sample Test 1
Time Approximately 40 minutes (including 5 minutes’ transfer time)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer
sheet if they are not already there.
Listen to the instructions for each part of the paper
carefully. Answer all the questions.
While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper.
You will have 5 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate
answer sheet. Use a pencil.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
There are four parts to the
test. Each question carries
one mark. You will hear
each piece twice.
For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and
time for you to check your answers.
* 500/2705/0
Copyright © UCLES 2021 Cambridge English Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International
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, 10/24/24, 11:34 B2 First sample paper 1
AM Listening
2
Part 1
1 You hear a message on a telephone answering machine.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1 – 8, choose the best answer (A, B or C ).
Why is the speaker calling?
A to confirm some arrangements
B to issue an invitation
C to persuade someone to do something
2 You hear two people talking about a water-sports centre.
The man says the centre should
A pay more attention to safety.
B offer activities for small children.
C provide all the equipment needed.
3 You hear a professional tennis player talking about her career.
What annoys her most about interviewers?
A their belief that she leads a glamorous life
B their assumption that she’s motivated by money
C their tendency to disturb her while she’s travelling
4 You hear a poet talking about his work.
What is he doing?
A giving his reasons for starting to visit schools
B justifying the childlike nature of some of his recent poems
C explaining that his poems appeal to people of different ages
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