Placement Test Answer Key
Audio script 1
Part One
Oliver Hi, Laura.
Listening
Laura Hi. Can I tell you about a rescue I saw
yesterday?
1 1 home
2 a river Oliver A rescue? How exciting!
3 boy
Laura Yes, it was. Well, I was walking home
4 phoned
after school. It was about half past four.
5 woman
While I was walking along by the river, I
heard a cry for help. So I looked around
2 1 five kilometres
and then I saw a boy in the river.
2 half past seven
Oliver Oh, no! How old was he?
3 geography ... history (in any order)
Laura Well, he looked about nine.
4 crocodiles ... elephants
5 reading books Oliver Could he swim?
Laura Well, he certainly wasn t a very good
swimmer.
Part Two
Oliver So what happened?
Laura Well, I can t swim very well, so I didn t
Vocabulary
want to jump into the river to save him.
1 C 11 C
So I got my mobile phone out of my bag
2 A 12 B
and phoned for help. But then I saw a
3 C 13 A
woman walking along on the other side
4 B 14 B
of the river. She saw the boy and
5 C 15 C
immediately jumped into the water. She
6 A 16 D
swam out to him and rescued him.
7 D 17 B
Oliver That s amazing!
8 B 18 D
9 A 19 C
10 D 20 D
Audio script 2
Presenter On this morning s World Schools
Part Three programme, I m talking to
Jacob, from Botswana, in Africa.
Please tell us about your school,
Grammar
Jacob.
1 B 11 A
Jacob Hi. I go to a small school, about
2 D 12 C
five kilometres from the Chobe
3 C 13 A
National Park. Students must
4 B 14 C
get up early, because school
5 D 15 D
starts at half past seven every
6 C 16 B
day!
7 A 17 B
Presenter What are you studying at the
8 B 18 A
moment?
9 C 19 C
Jacob Um ... English, maths, history,
10 D 20 B
geography and science. Next
summer, we re also having
French lessons.
Part Four
Presenter What s your favourite subject?
Jacob Science. In spring and autumn,
Reading
we sometimes study birds and
1 Because it was used as Hogwart s School in
animals in the National Park.
the Harry Potter films.
The park has got wild dogs,
2 There are (regular) buses in the town, and
crocodiles and 120,000
trains to other towns and cities.
elephants! We can watch
3 People feel safe because there are a lot of
animals looking for food, or
street lights and there isn t much crime.
washing in the river. It s a lot
4 There isn t anything for young people to do.
more interesting than reading
5 Sam can t play football in the park.
books!