Bài 5 (Listening Section 2)

Questions 1 and 2

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

1. How far away is the nearest big town to Greenville?

A. 10 kilometres

B. 25 kilometres

C. 500 kilometres

2. Which service came to the town recently?

A. fire service

B. medical service

C. weather station

Test tip: Read all the questions carefully before you listen. Underline or highlight any key information or words that you need to listen for (e.g. How far way is the nearest big town to Greenville?). Use the questions to help you find your way through the listening text. If you miss an answer, just move on to the next one.

Questions 3 — 10

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Test tip: Read through the notes carefully before you listen and try to predict what type of information you need to hear (e.g. for question 6 you will need to listen for a measurement, or for question 10 you will need to listen for a month or date). Pay careful attention to the word limit and check your spelling at the end.

There are some extracts from the recording. Without listening to the text again, fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.

1. Today we're going to be talking  what we as a community can do to help each other in severe weather.

2. The National Weather Bureau can provide a lot of helpful information and even warn us  severe storms.

3. You don't have to be particularly skilled  anything.

4. They'd also like to hear  very heavy rainfall.

5. What should you do if you care  our community and you want to help?

6. This will only take up a day so don't worry too much  it.

7. You'll need to talk  the police.