1. Ready for ListeningMaria Luisa MuAdapted from Ready for FCE by Macmillan

2. Part 1: Multiple choice Part 1 contains eight short unrelated extracts with multiple-choicequestions. Your ability to understand can be tested by explaining the generalidea or main points of the extract, what peoples opinions are, howthey feel, where they are or who they are speaking to. It is important to use the questions to help you predict what youhear. When you listen to the questions being read out before eachextract, consider the similarities and differences between eachalternative and try to predict what you might hear. Listening Part 1: Part 1, page 158 Answer key: 2C, 3A, 4A, 5C, 6B, 7B, 8C 3. Part 2: Sentence completion: True orFalse?1. You only hear the recordingonce. ___2. You have 45 seconds to readthrough the questions. ____3. You should use this time topredict the type of informationwhich is missing from eachspace. ___4. You have to write betweenthree and five words in eachspace._____5. You have to rephrase thewords you hear so that they fitinto the sentence. ___6. You do not usually hear theanswers in the same order as thequestions. ____7. For difficult questions, keeplistening as youll hear the answersooner or later. ___8. You should check the spellingof your answers. ___FFFFFTTTListening Part 2 4. Key to Part 21. Tea house2. Several hundred3. Isolated4. Farmers5. (Local) Indians6. Beautiful valley7. Song and dance8. (groups of) teachers9. (Welsh) flags10. Chocolate cake 5. Part 3: Multiple matching In part 3 you will hear five short monologues which are all related insome way. You have 30 seconds to read the questions and seewhat makes each question similar to or different from the others. You may hear the language which guides you to the correct answerat the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the extract but also inmore than one part of the extract. Listen both times to all of what the speaker says before making yourfinal decision.Listening, part 3Key: 1B 2F 3D 4A 5E C is not used 6. Part 4: Multiple Choice In this part you will hear either a monologue or aninterview lasting approximately three minutes. You haveto answer seven multiple-choice questions, each withthree options. You are given one minute to read all seven questionsbefore you hear the recording. Although a particularoption might be mentioned, it may not be the correctanswer to the question you are asked.Key: 2B 3A 4A 5B 6B 7C