Task One

For questions 1-7 please choose the best answer a), b) or c). You now have one minute to look through the questions for Task One.

1. The exhibition shows how King Henry VIII …

1. lost a lot of weight

2. became very fat

3. was always overweight

2. The curator explains how in the 16^th century armour was …

1. only a status symbol

2. impractical to use

3. still very necessary

3. The exhibition's largest armour was for …

1. a May Day celebration

2. use on the battlefield

3. the Emperor's coronation

4. The colour of Henry's amour was originally …

1. black

2. bronze

3. silver

5. Henry's armour was studied by …

1. racing drivers

2. NASA scientists

3. world leaders

6. Henry wanted the best equipment for …

1. only himself

2. the aristocracy

3. all his army

7. Mary Queen of Scots liked …

1. tennis

2. football

3. golf

Task Two

Listen and complete the report form. There will now be a pause of 30 seconds for you to look through the form.

0. (Example) Sergeant Cooper is (where?) …

in hospital

8. The number of soldiers in a patrol is at least …

9. NATO soldiers can help the police (do what?) …

10. The soldiers' role in the construction will be to …

11. The name of a new translator is …

12. The signallers' next task is to …

13. The speaker's telephone number is …

Task Three

Listen and answer questions 14 to 20 by putting either T for `true' or F for `false' inside the brackets. You now have 30 seconds to look through the questions for Task Three.

0. (Example) The programme is called “Around the World”. (…T..)

14. Brunei has been really free since 1984. (……)

15. In 1929, gold was discovered in Brunei. (……)

16. In the museum, there's a chair the sultan used at the dentist's. (……)

17. Mariah Carey didn't get permission to come to Brunei in the 1990s. (……)

18. You can't enter Brunei after 10pm. (……)

19. People in the West know more what's happening in Brunei than Bruneians. (……)

20. Bruneians can visit the sultan's palace for 3 days a year. (……)

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Level 2

Listening

[ 35 mins ]

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