CAMBRIDGE 15 - LISTENING TEST 3
PART 1
Questions 1 – 10
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Employmentagency: Possible jobs

First job
Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1 (North London)
Responsibilities

• Data entry


• Go to 2 and take notes


• General admin


• Management of 3

Requirements

• Good computer skills including spreadsheets


• Good interpersonal skills


• Attention to 4

Experience

• Need a minimum of 5 of experience of teleconferencing

Second job
Warehouse assistant in South London
Responsibilities

• Stock management


• Managing 6

Requirements

• Ability to work with numbers


• Good computer skills


• Very organized and 7


• Good communication skills


• Used to working in a 8


• Able to cope with items that are 9

Need experience of

• Driving in London


• Warehouse work


• 10 service

CAMBRIDGE 15 - LISTENING TEST 3
PART 2
Questions 11-16
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

Street Play Scheme

11 When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?
A two years ago
B three years ago
C six years ago

12 How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?
A once a week
B on Saturdays and Sundays
C once a month

13 Who is responsible for closing the road?
A a council official
B the police
C local wardens

14 Residents who want to use their cars
A have to park in another street.
B must drive very slowly
C need permission from a warden.

15 Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in
A wealthy areas
B quiet suburban areas.
C areas with heavy traffic.

16 What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?
A Many of them were unhappy at first.
B They like seeing children play in the street.
C They are surprised by the lack of noise.

Questions 17-18
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?
A  increased physical activity
B  increased sense of independence
C  opportunity to learn new games
D  opportunity to be part of a community
E  opportunity to make new friends

Questions 19-20
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?
A  more shoppers
B  improved safety
C  less air pollution
D  more relaxed atmosphere
E  less noise pollution

CAMBRIDGE 15 - LISTENING TEST 3
PART 3
Questions 21-26
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:
● what 21  the item is on
● the 22  of the item, including the headline
● any 23  accompanying the item
● the 24  of the item, e.g. what’s made prominent
● the writer’s main 25 
● the 26  the writer may make about the reader

Questions 27-30
What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 27-30
A          She will definitely look for a suitable article.
B          She may look for a suitable article.
C          She definitely won’t look for an article.
Types of articles
27   national news item  A B C
28   editorial  A B C
29   human interest  A B C
30   arts  A B C

CAMBRIDGE 15 - LISTENING TEST 3
PART 3
Questions 31 – 40
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times:
● water was used to wash off 31 
Ancient Babylon
● soap-like material found in 32 cylinders
Ancient Greece:
● people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
● used a strigil – scraper made of 33 
● washed clothes in streams
Ancient Germany and Gaul:
● used soap to colour their 34 
Ancient Rome:
● animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
● from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35 by aqueducts
Europe in Middle Ages:
● decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36 
● 37 began to be added to soap
Europe from 17th century:
● 1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
● 1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38 
● early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39 
● from 1800s, there was no longer a 40 on soap.