First Certificate In English Fce Practice Test | Listening Full

this is the Cambridge English first listening test test - I'm going to give you the instructions for this test I'll introduce each part of the test and give you time to look at the questions at the start of each piece you'll hear this sound [Music] you'll hear each piece twice remember while you're listening write your answers on the question paper you'll have five minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet there will now be a pause please ask any questions now because you must not speak during the test now open your question paper and look at part 1 you will hear people talking in eight different situations for questions 1 to 8 choose the best answer a B or C one you hear a teenager talking about a party what disappointed her about it eh she didn't know many people there be it finished too early in the evening see there wasn't much to eat or drink you [Music] when I got to me is on Friday my first impression was that it was going to be one of those parties where you hardly know anyone but by about 7:30 there were lots of familiar faces there it got quite lively then with some great music and though some people complained there wasn't enough food or drinks I wasn't bothered because I was dancing non-stop in fact I would have been happy to carry on for hours but at 9:30 her parents said we had to call it a day and that was that it was a real shame you [Music] when I got to a me is on Friday my first impression was that it was going to be one of those parties where you hardly know anyone but by about 7:30 there were lots of familiar faces there it got quite lively then with some great music and though some people complained there wasn't enough food or drinks I wasn't bothered because I was dancing non-stop in fact I would have been happy to carry on for hours but at 9:30 her parents said we had to call it a day and that was that it was a real shame - you hear a news report on the radio where is the reporter speaking from a a helicopter be the top of the hill see a tall building you [Music] well it's not a very nice day but even so it's an amazing sight there must be thousands of people down there all waiting for the marathon to start the race will take them ten kilometers away from here and then into the hills from where they will run all the way back there's a lot of mist around today and from our original position the visibility was quite poor so we moved down several floors to get a clearer view I believe the TV helicopter has been grounded for the same reason and is unlikely to be able to take off again today you [Music] well it's not a very nice day but even so it's an amazing sight there must be thousands of people down there all waiting for the marathon to start the race will take them ten kilometers away from here and then into the hills from where they will run all the way back there's a lot of mist around today and from our original position the visibility was quite poor so we moved down several floors to get a clearer view I believe the TV helicopter has been grounded for the same reason and is unlikely to be able to take off again today three you hear a man talking about taking his driving test how did he feel at the end of the test a relieved that the test had finished be angry with himself for making a mistake see anxious to know whether he had passed you [Music] when I stopped the car outside the driving test center I just sat there next to the examiner staring blankly through the windscreen at the dark wet road ahead at that particular moment I honestly couldn't have cared less whether I'd passed or failed the test because at last it was all over and that was the only thing that mattered to me right then even the memory of accidentally turning on the radio instead of the headlights which made me want to kick myself at the time had faded away [Music] when I stopped the car outside the driving test center I just sat there next to the examiner staring blankly through the windscreen at the dark wet road ahead at that particular moment I honestly couldn't have cared less whether I'd passed or failed the test because at last it was all over and that was the only thing that mattered to me right then even the memory of accidentally turning on the radio instead of the headlights which made me want to kick myself at the time had faded away for you hear a man talking on the radio who is he a a police officer be an ambulance driver see a firefighter [Music] wherever there is a serious accident or a major fire we have to move fast especially me the driver you never know when it might be a matter of life and death though we usually have information coming in by radio as we approach the scene when we arrive we make sure there's safe access for any emergency vehicles that are still on the way such as fire engines police fans or ambulances but our main job is to deal with any offence that's being committed sometimes though we need to give assistance to victims ourselves and for that reason we're all trained in first aid procedures you [Music] wherever there's a serious accident or a major fire we have to move fast especially me the driver you never know when it might be a matter of life and death but we usually have information coming in by radio as we approach the scene when we arrive we make sure there's safe access for any emergency vehicles that are still on the way such as fire engines police vans or ambulances but our main job is to deal with any offense that's being committed sometimes though we need to give assistance to victims ourselves and for that reason we're all trained in first aid procedures five you overhear two people talking about a school trip to the seaside what did the man think of it eh it was badly organised be the children did not enjoy it see the parents had to pay too much you [Music] I suppose at least it was a bit less expensive than previous year's trips probably because they didn't stay overnight anywhere of this time but they shouldn't have made it a 5 a.m. start that meant all the parents had to get up at 4:00 or earlier and the teachers looked half-asleep - they looked even worse when they got back at midnight it was much too far for a day trip what with all the stops they needed to make along the way but nobody at the school seemed to have worked that out I haven't heard any complaints from the kids themselves though and that's the main thing right you [Music] I suppose at least it was a bit less expensive than previous year's trips probably because they didn't stay overnight anywhere of this time but this shouldn't have made it a 5 a.m. start that meant all the parents had to get up at 4 or earlier and the teachers looked half asleep too they looked even worse when they got back at midnight it was much too far for a day trip what with all the stops they needed to make along the way that nobody at the school seemed to have worked that out I haven't heard any complaints from the kids themselves though and that's the main thing right six you hear a radio weather forecast what will the weather be like tomorrow a warmer than today be wetter than today see windier than today [Music] and here's the latest weather forecast for the next 24 hours light showers will continue in all areas this evening but a band of heavy rain is approaching from the southwest and that will reach us shortly after dawn daytime maximum temperatures are likely to remain much as today's as is the expected overnight low of 6 degrees centigrade the current gusts of high wind some reaching 90 kilometers an hour in coastal areas will continue for a few more hours and then lose strength by midnight incidentally the outlook for the day after tomorrow is much better with warm sunshine at last on the way [Music] and here's the latest weather forecast for the next 24 hours light showers will continue in all areas this evening but a band of heavy rain is approaching from the southwest and that will reach us shortly after dawn daytime maximum temperatures are likely to remain much as today's as is the expected overnight low of six degrees centigrade the current gusts of high wind some reaching 90 kilometers an hour in coastal areas will continue for a few more hours and then lose strength by midnight incidentally the outlook for the day after tomorrow is much better with warm sunshine at last on the way seven you hear a man in a furniture shop talking about an item he bought what does he want the shop assistant to do a return all the money he paid for it be replace it with a different item see give him the written instructions you [Music] can I help you yes I hope so I bought this cupboard yesterday thinking it would be perfect from my kitchen but it just doesn't fit into the space there are you sure you followed the instructions exactly actually I couldn't find them in the box but I managed to put it together without them it was quite easy using a hammer what I'd like to do is change it for the smaller cupboard over there that one's quite a bit cheaper I think yes but I'm afraid you've damaged this one so I can't give you any money back it'll have to be a straight swap okay that's fine you [Music] can I help you yes I hope so I bought this cupboard yesterday thinking it would be perfect for my kitchen but it just doesn't fit into the space there are you sure you followed the instructions exactly actually I couldn't find them in the box but I managed to put it together without them it was quite easy using a hammer what I'd like to do is change it for the smaller cupboard over there that would quite a bit cheaper I think yes but I'm afraid you've damaged this one so I can't give you any money back it will have to be a straight swap okay that's fine eight you turn on the radio and hear part of a play what is the woman doing a suggesting what the man should do be criticizing the man for something see apologizing for something she did you [Music] I can understand why you've never asked your boss or a rise but the company has just announced huge profits and it simply isn't paying you enough you're a good employee nobody can deny that but the salary they give you just doesn't reflect that I don't know really well if I found myself in your situation I probably walked straight into the manager's office on Monday morning and say I can't live on this money so I'm sorry but unless you can promote me to a better paid position I'll just have to leave you may be right I'll have to think about it over the weekend good by the way I got myself a 10% rise just last month you [Music] I can understand why you've never asked your boss or a rise but the company has just announced huge profits and it simply isn't paying you enough you're a good employee nobody can deny that but the salary they give you just doesn't reflect that I don't know really well if I found myself in your situation I'd probably walk straight into the manager's office on Monday morning and say I can't live on this money so I'm sorry but unless you can promote me to a better paid position I'll just have to leave you may be right I'll have a think about it over the weekend good by the way I got myself a ten percent rise just last month that's the end of part 1 now turn to part 2 you will hear part of a radio report about icebergs for questions 9 to 18 complete the sentences you now have 45 seconds to look apart to you you we all know that icebergs are very large pieces of floating ice that can be a danger to ships but where do they come from the answer is that the North Atlantic ones start life in Greenland with some from the east of the country but the vast majority from the west coast facing northern Canada there are also of course many in the Southern Oceans that originate in Antarctica and some of these can be huge the size of entire countries snow falling over centuries collects only eventually becomes dense ice once its depth exceeds 50 metres the ice starts to move slowly towards the sea as a glacier like a river of ice every day glaciers can flow up to 20 metres in the direction of the sea through gaps in the mountain ranges that run along the coastline finally after perhaps as much as 3,000 years the enormous glaciers reach Baffin Bay which lies between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic there as a result of the tides rising and falling huge sections of the ice gradually weaken and break off into the sea as icebergs incidentally watching them breaking away like this and then rolling around in the water is a quite unforgettable sight particularly if you are at sea when it happens it can also be a frightening experience if you are close to where it actually happening as massive chunks of ice the size of office blocks crash into the clear blue water suddenly even quite a large boat seems tiny in comparison anyway the sea currents then start to take them towards the ocean but of the estimated 15,000 to 30,000 icebergs formed in this part of the world each year only about 1% actually survive the long journey along the data straight through the Labrador sea and out into the Atlantic a few crash into the coast though the vast majority melt along the way and never become a threat to ocean shipping some icebergs are more of a danger to ships than others it all depends on their shape sy and location those that enter the main Atlantic shipping lanes represent the greatest threat and obviously very large icebergs can in theory do the most harm nowadays though these can easily be detected by ships radar and avoided this may not be the case however of an iceberg that lies almost entirely below the surface a medium one that is hard to spot but capable of causing serious damage a number of factors may affect the height so that less than 1/10 may be visible from a ship although normally it's approximately 1/8 after more than a year out in the ocean icebergs may also end up in many weird and wonderful shapes some taking on the appearance of huge sculptures photographs of these taken from passing ships give a sense of both incredible beauty and terrible danger there have been many experiments to find ways of dealing with icebergs attempts have been made to destroy them by bombing them firing at them from warships or placing explosives underneath them but these were largely unsuccessful with the aim of getting them to absorb more of the sun's warmth and therefore reduce in size some were given a coating of black paint but practical difficulties led to this idea - being abandoned it is not even easy to use electronic markers to track them as the movement and rolling of the iceberg can cause the markers to be washed away or the part containing the marker can break away from the main Berg so keeping an eye on icebergs is tricky but satellites follow the movements of any that measure more than 500 square meters and warnings are passed on to ships in the area many smaller ones are kept under observation by aircraft and although icebergs remain a threat to shipping in recent times there have been no disasters involving loss of life when the car ferry William Carson hit an iceberg and sank off the Canadian Coast the emergency services quickly rest do all a hundred nine passengers and crew happily it is now a very long time since anyone drowned as a result of a ship colliding with an iceberg now you'll hear part two again you we all know that icebergs are very large pieces of floating ice that can be a danger to ships but where do they come from the answer is that the North Atlantic ones start life in Greenland with some from the east of the country but the vast majority from the west coast facing northern Canada there are also of course many in the Southern Oceans that originate in Antarctica and some of these can be huge the size of entire countries snow falling over centuries collects and eventually becomes dense ice once its depth exceeds 50 metres the ice starts to move slowly towards the sea as a glacier like a river of ice every day glaciers can flow up to 20 metres in the direction of the sea through gaps in the mountain ranges that run along the coastline finally after perhaps as much as 3,000 years the enormous Gracias reach Baffin Bay which lies between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic there as a result of the tides rising and falling huge sections of the ice gradually weaken and break off into the sea as icebergs incidentally watching them breaking away like this and then rolling around in the water is a quite unforgettable sight particularly if you are at sea when it happens it can also be a frightening experience if you are close to where it actually happening as massive chunks of ice the size of office blocks crash into the clear blue water suddenly even quite a large boat seems tiny in comparison anyway the sea currents then start to take them towards the ocean but of the estimated 15,000 to 30,000 icebergs formed in this part of the world each year only about 1% actually survive the long journey along the data straight through the Labrador sea and out into the Atlantic a few crash into the coast though the vast majority melt along the way and never become a threat to ocean shipping some icebergs are more of a danger to ships than others it all depends on their shape sy and location those that enter the main Atlantic shipping lanes represent the greatest threat and obviously very large icebergs can in theory do the most harm nowadays though these can easily be detected by ships radar and avoided this may not be the case however of an iceberg that lies almost entirely below the surface a medium one that is hard to spot but capable of causing serious damage a number of factors may affect the height so that less than 1/10 may be visible from a ship although normally it's approximately 1/8 after more than a year out in the ocean icebergs may also end up in many weird and wonderful shapes some taking on the appearance of huge sculptures photographs of these taken from passing ships give a sense of both incredible beauty and terrible danger there have been many experiments to find ways of dealing with icebergs attempts have been made to destroy them by bombing them firing at them from warships or placing explosives underneath them but these were largely unsuccessful with the aim of getting them to absorb more of the sun's warmth and therefore reduce in size some were given a coating of black paint but practical difficulties led to this idea - being abandoned it is not even easy to use electronic markers to track them as the movement and rolling of the iceberg can cause the markers to be washed away or the part containing the marker can break away from the main Berg so keeping an eye on icebergs is tricky but satellites follow the movements of any that measure more than 500 square meters and warnings are passed on to ships in the area many smaller ones are kept under observation by aircraft and although icebergs remain a threat to shipping in recent times there have been no disasters involving loss of life when the car ferry William Carson hit an iceberg and sank off the Canadian Coast the emergency services quickly rest you all a hundred nine passengers and crew happily it is now a very long time since anyone drowned as a result of a ship colliding with an iceberg that's the end of part 2 now turn to part three you will hear five people talking about spending the night in different kinds of places for questions 19 to 23 choose from the list a to F what each speaker says use the letters once only there is one extra letter which you do not need to use you now have 30 seconds to look at part three you you speaker 1 it was a very basic room with only the bare essentials but what you expect in a budget motel actually I was expecting the bed to be as hard as a board but it was surprisingly comfy so I decided to have an early night for a change I read for a while and although at one point I heard the people in the next room talking they soon quite and down and once I was asleep I didn't hear a thing at home I sometimes go to the bathroom during the night but there I set right through speaker 2 to be honest I hadn't been looking forward to going camping at all I'd expected all kinds of unpleasant things like a rock hard surface to sleep on feeling either hot and sticky or extremely cold of being kept awake all night by somebody snoring in the next tent and so on but in the event I needn't have worried and overall I had a good night's sleep though just before dawn I woke up feeling very thirsty and unfortunately all the drinks were in the boot of the car once back in the tent no in my nice warm sleeping bag are quickly dozed off again speaker3 I was grateful to my cousin for letting me stay overnight in his apartment in the city center while he was away particularly when I saw all the great DVDs he had I had to be up early the next morning and I'd intended to go to bed early but I got too involved in the film's actually I was worried I might keep the neighbours awake with some of the noisier ones but there weren't any complaints in fact when I eventually turned in it was me who heard the problem as no matter what I tried I just couldn't drop off I can't blame the bed or the room temperature or anything else for that matter it was just me speaker 4 it was my first experience of staying in a five-star hotel and in most respects it lived up to my expectations the suite was luxurious beautifully decorated and with fantastically expensive furniture both in the bedroom and bathroom the king-size bed was wonderfully soft and had the most delightful sheets and blankets though they were so thick that at around 3 a.m. I woke up in a sweat I thought of getting up to open the window but instead I just threw them off me and went back to sleep the room was very well sound proofed so even if the guests next door had been having a party I probably wouldn't have heard a thing speaker 5 I've been looking forward to going caravanning with my friend Kate but maybe it was a mistake to do so in March I woke up once or twice during the night because of the fall in temperature though at least they had a decent bed poor Kate was most uncomfortable in hers and I don't think she slept a wink all night in the end she got up and read for a while that didn't disturb me but what did just as I was having rather a nice dream was when the people in the next Caravan decided to have a furious rel Caravan walls are extremely thin unfortunately now you'll hear part three again you speaker 1 it was a very basic room with only the bare essentials but what you expect in a budget motel actually I was expecting the bed to be as hard as a board but it was surprisingly comfy so I decided to have an early night for a change I read for a while and although at one point I heard the people in the next room talking they seemed quite and gone and once I was asleep I didn't hear a thing at home I sometimes go to the bathroom during the night but there I sit right through speaker 2 to be honest I hadn't been looking forward to going camping at all I'd expected all kinds of unpleasant things like a rock hard surface to sleep on feeling either hot and sticky or extremely cold of being kept awake all night by somebody snoring in the next tent and so on but in the event I needn't have worried and overall I had a good night's sleep though just before dawn I woke up feeling very thirsty and unfortunately all the drinks were in the boot of the car once back in the tent though in my nice warm sleeping bag are quickly dozed off again speaker3 I was grateful to my cousin for letting me stay overnight in his apartment in the city center while he was away particularly when I saw all the great DVDs he had I had to be up early the next morning and I'd intended to go to bed early but I got too involved in the film's actually I was worried I might keep the neighbours awake with some of the noisier ones but there weren't any complaints in fact when I eventually turned in it was me who had the problem as no matter what I tried I just couldn't drop off I can't blame the bed or the room temperature or anything else for that matter it was just me speak of for it was my first experience of staying in a five-star hotel and in most respects it lived up to my expectations the suite was luxurious beautifully decorated and with fantastically expensive furniture both in the bedroom and bathroom the king-size bed was wonderfully soft and had the most delightful sheets and blankets though they were so thick that at around 3 a.m. I woke up in a sweat I thought of getting up to open the window but instead I just threw them off me and went back to sleep the room was very well sound proofed so even if the guests next door had been having a party I probably wouldn't have heard a thing speaker 5 I've been looking forward to going caravanning with my friend Kate but maybe it was a mistake to do so in March I woke up once or twice during the night because of the fall in temperature though at least there had a decent bed poor Kate was most uncomfortable in hers and I don't think she slept a wink all night in the end she got up and read for a while that didn't disturb me but what did just as I was having rather a nice dream was when the people in the next Caravan decided to have a furious rel Caravan walls are extremely thin unfortunately that's the end of part three now turn to part four you will hear an interview with teenager Jake Rivera who is talking about mountain biking for questions 24 to 30 choose the best answer a B or C you now have one minute to look at part four you you Jake you have a real passion for mountain biking how did that begin it was a couple of years ago when I was in the Alps practicing a few things on my bike on a mountainside there I came around a bend and suddenly I saw these really cool-looking guys on fantastic bikes go charging down an impossibly steep slope swerving to avoid trees flying into the air and somehow landing safely all at an incredible speed then I saw the leading rider punched the air in jubilation as he crossed the finish line and heard people cheering It was as though I was watching a film being made about mountain bike racing only this was for real and it changed my life forever in what way well I knew it at last found something I really wanted to do more than anything else in the world so what did you do next as soon as I got back from holiday I traded in my heavy slow machine for a much more sporty model with the possibility of racing very much in mind though I've yet actually 21 I also contacted a local club and asked about membership but it was quite pricey and instead I decided to train on my own which I do six days a week as many hours as I can that's a lot of time cycling how do you feel about that actually it's important to do other kinds of exercises to improve your stamina and strengthen the muscles so in fact I spend less time riding than ideally I'd like to it's called cross-training and it involves things like weight training in the gym but I find that pretty dull so I go swimming and play team sports instead I'd like to go for a good long run sometimes but there isn't any open country around here and jogging on roads doesn't appeal to me you also have to take care if you do a lot of cycling not to end up with a sore back well how can you prevent that happening if you look at most riders they're hunched up over the handlebars moving their lower back as they pedal that can start to hurt after a while so from time to time I lean back and stand on the pedals one alternative is to get off and stretch your legs for a bit well I prefer to keep going and I know some riders use painkillers but that's just asking for trouble obviously mountain biking can be a dangerous sport have you ever had a serious accident I had one particularly bad fall last year and at the time I was sure I'd broken my right leg I landed heavily on some rocks and was lucky to get away with just a cut knee and elbow and some bruised ribs I was wearing helmets of course otherwise I might have had serious head injuries nowadays I don't worry about accidents though they're all part of biking do you think that in some way you've become a different person as a result of it well I still get as nervous as I ever did before a really fast downhill ride but when I actually get going I'm a lot less unsure of myself than I used to be and I have this feeling there's nothing I can't do if I really put my mind to it and during those rare moments when you're not actually out riding or training how do you like to spend your spare time watching mountain biking on television perhaps I certainly would if it was ever on sometimes I have a look at online auction sites selling bike parts and extras though I still haven't actually got around to buying anything that way I suppose what gives me the biggest buzz is just sitting around imagining my dream machine one like those guys in the Alps had thanks Jake you now you'll hear part four again you Jake you real passion for mountain biking how did that begin it was a couple of years ago when I was in the Alps practicing a few things on my bike on a mountainside there I came around a bend and suddenly I saw these really cool-looking guys on fantastic bikes go charging down an impossibly steep slope swerving to avoid trees flying into the air and somehow landing safely all at an incredible speed then I saw the leading rider punched the air in jubilation as he crossed the finish line and heard people cheering It was as though I was watching a film being made about mountain bike racing only this was for real and it changed my life forever in what way well I knew it at last found something I really wanted to do more than anything else in the world so what did you do next as soon as I got back from holiday I traded in my heavy slow machine for a much more sporty model with the possibility of racing very much in mind though I've yes actually 21 I also contacted a local club and asked about membership but it was quite pricey and instead I decided to train on my own which I do six days a week as many hours as I can that's a lot of time cycling how do you feel about that actually it's important to do other kinds of exercises to improve your stamina and strengthen the muscles so in fact I spend less time riding than ideally I'd like to its called crush training and it involves things like weight training in the gym but I find that pretty dull so I go swimming and play team sports instead I'd like to go for a good long run sometimes but there isn't any open country round here and jogging on roads doesn't appeal to me you also have to take care if you do a lot of cycling not to end up with a sore back how can you prevent that happening if you look at most riders they're hunched up over the handlebars moving their lower back as they pedal that can start to hurt after a while so from time to time I lean back and stand on the Edel's one alternative is to get off and stretch your legs for a bit but I prefer to keep going and I know some riders use painkillers but that's just asking for trouble obviously mountain biking can be a dangerous sport have you ever had a serious accident I had one particularly bad fall last year and at the time I was sure I'd broken my right leg I landed heavily on some rocks and was lucky to get away with just a cut knee and elbow and some bruised ribs I was wearing helmets of course otherwise I might have had serious head injuries nowadays I don't worry about accidents though they're all part of biking do you think that in some way you've become a different person as a result of it well I still get as nervous as I ever did before a really fast downhill ride but when I actually get going I'm a lot less unsure of myself than I used to be and I had this feeling there's nothing I can't do if I really put my mind to it and during those rare moments when you're not actually out riding or training how do you like to spend your spare time watching mountain biking on television perhaps I certainly would if it was ever on sometimes I have a look at online auction sites selling bike parts and extras though I still haven't actually got around to buying anything that way I suppose what gives me the biggest buzz is just sitting around imagining my dream machine one like those guys in the Alps had thanks Jake that's the end of part 4 they'll now be a pause of five minutes for you to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions I'll remind you when there is one minute left so that you're sure to finish in time you you have one minute left you that's the end of the test please stop now your supervisor will now collect all the question papers and the answer sheets

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Length: 49min 23sec (2963 seconds)

Published: Mon May 29 2017