Test 2 SAMPLE | (Test 2, Question 8: | was really excited when | opened the letter) | was really excited when | opened the letter Rest of my life was bound to this letter. My friends, my family, my job, my love, my childhood, my future, even my country, all of my life was in this letter. | was frighetened Because | want to live! | was crumpling the letter. Actually | had forgot it. While | was having breakfast, | saw the letter on the newspaper. The letter came from the hospital. | didn’t want to open it. | | liked the life. | liked the sun. | just wanted to see the sun again. | run the outside. Then | looked the sky and the sun. | opened the letter. There was something written: HEALTHY Examiner Comments An adequate attempt with an ambitious opening, but flawed by the errors. There is an adequate range of structures and vocabulary, for example, ‘While | was having breakfast, | saw the letter’, ‘bound’ and ‘I was crumpling’. Organised chronologically, but linking of sentences not maintained to the end. The errors are mostly non-impeding, for example ‘I had forgot it’ and ‘Then | looked the sky and the sun.’ Band: 3 PAPER 2 LISTENING Part 1 1B 2C 3A 46 5B 6B 7C Part 2 8A 9C 108 1C 112A 138 Part 3 14 March 15 England 16 father 17 money 18 trainer 19° apples Part 4 2A 21B 2A 2A 2B 2A 123Key PART 1 124 Test 2 transcript This is the Cambridge Preliminary English Test for Schools, Test number 2. There are four parts to the test. You will hear each part twice. For each part of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers. Write your answers on the question paper. You will have six minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. The recording will now be stopped. Please ask any questions now, because you must not speak during the test. [pause] Now open your question paper and look at Part 7 There are seven questions in this part. For each question there are three pictures and a short recording. For each question, choose the correct answer (A, B or C). Before we start, here is an example. Where is the gin's hat? Mum: Where's your new hat, Sally? | hope you haven't left it on the school bus. Sally: Don’t worry, Mum. | put it in my school bag because | was too hot. Mum: Are you sure? | can't see it there. You probably dropped it in the road somewhere. Sally: Oh, here itis — hanging in the hall. | forgot to take it this morning. [Pause] The answer is A. Look at the three pictures for question 1 now. [Pause] Now we are ready to start. Listen carefully. You will hear each recording twice. ‘One. What can’t the woman find? Mum: I'm going to mend and paint the cupboard in your bedroom today. Daughter: Great, Mum. Anything | can do to help? Mum: Yes, can you go to the shop and get me a new hammer — this one’s broken. But before you do that, ask your dad what he's done with the paintbrush ~ I've looked everywhere for it. There weren't any in the garage; all | could find was this knife which I lost months ago! [Pause] ‘Now listen again. [The recording is repeated] [Pause] Two. What is the weather forecast for tomorrow? Man: — And now for those of you planning to go to the rock festival tomorrow, you'll want to know what the weather's going to be like. As we go through today, the heavy rain will gradually disappear by the end of the aftemoon. Tomorrow we can expect some sunshine with just a few light showers, and then some very hot and dry weather is likely by the weekend. [Pause] Now listen again.Test 2 [The recording is repeated.) [Pause] Three. What did the boy buy? Son: I got most of the shopping you asked for, Mum. | got the last of the bread and some orange juice but sorry, there weren't any newspapers left. Mum: Qh, never mind, | need to remember to go in the morning. But what about the tomatoes for the salad? Son: Ah. . | forgot. ll go back for them, Mum: — Oh, don’t worry, Ill stop and pick some up when I go out to collect your sister. [Pause] Now listen again. [The recording is repeated.} [Pause] Four. Which present has the girl bought her mother? Jane: Hi... i's me, Jane . .. I've got Mum's birthday present. | think she'll ike it... Yes, that's, right, a gold-coloured one. She's always writing letters, so she'll find it useful ... Mmm. 1 thought about a CD but I'm never really sure what music she likes, and Dad's bought her a new pair of earrings for her birthday anyway. I'm sure she'll like what I've got her. [Pause] Now listen again. [The recording is repeated.) [Pause] Five. Which TV programme will they watch together? Gir: Hasn't that basketball match finished yet? You know | want to watch the wildlife programme at nine o'clook. Boy: It's cancelled, and everything's running late because the rock concert finished later than expected. Sit down and watch this match with me. It's really exciting, and more interesting than looking at animals. Gir Oh, OK then. [Pause] Now listen again. [The recording is repeated.] [Pause] ‘Six. What time is the swimming lesson today? Gir: Hi Judy ~ do you want to play tennis after school ~ say about 4.307 Judy: Mmm — that would be fun but I've got a swimming lesson. I's usually at a quarter past five but it's half an hour earlier this evening, at a quarter to five. It takes me ages to ‘cycle to the swimming pool, so | really don’t think Ill have time today — let's try tomorrow. Gir: OK! [Pause] Now listen again. [The recording is repeated. [Pause] 125