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Listening Proficiency test 55 questions.

Time 45 minutes.

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Welcome to your Listening Proficiency Quiz

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A2 1. Listen to the audio, select the best title, then answer the following questions.

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A2 2. Which story in the radio show "News Hour" is this story?

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A2 3. Kelly Hildebrandt put her name into a search because...

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A2 4. Kelly Hildebrandt put her name into...

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A2 5. The other Kelly Hildehrandt was

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A2. 6 Put the sequence in the correct order.

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A2 7. What do they love?

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A2 8. What happened in October?

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A2 9. What was the bad thing that happened?

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A2 10. What will the two Kellys call their children?

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B1 11. Listen to the audio. Choose the best summary then answer the following questions.

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B1 12. When was the red phone box designed?

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B1 13. Which of the following are the phone boxes NOT being used as today?

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B1 14. Why did George Carwardine decide to design a lamp?

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B1 15. How did graphic designer Edward Young create the Penguin design?

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B1 16. Coco Chanel thought that the miniskirt was...

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B1 17. Which design was the most iconic design of the 1960s?

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B1 18. Which design had a dignified but amusing symbol?

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B1 19. Which design originated from a competition?

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B1 20. Which design is still produced today and continues to be popular and useful?

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B1x 21. Listen to the audio. Choose the best summary, then answer the following questions.

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B1x 22. What does Yannis like about where he lives?

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B1x 23. How does Cristina feel about American football?

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B1x 24. What does Louisa think is easy to do?

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B1x 25. Laura says that people are more unhelpful in...

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B1x 26. Peter believes that you can...

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B1x 27. Which people dislike something about America?

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B1x 28. Which person came to America the most recently?

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B1x 29. Which person says Americans have a fascination for something dangerous?

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B1x 30. Which person believes that in New York you can make more money?

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B2 31. Listen to the two audios and choose the best summary, then answer the following questions.



 

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B2 32. Lynne Parker is...

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B2 33. Anya Edwards was...

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B2 34. Lynne's first tip is...

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B2 35. Lynne's 2nd tip is...

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B2 36. Lynne's 3nd tip is...

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B2 37. Lynne's 4nd tip is...

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B2 38. Lynne's 5th and 6th tips are...

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B2 39. Anya had chosen for her impromptu speech...

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B2 40. Anya believes that being nervous

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B2 41. Which are tips that Anya gives?

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C1 42. Listen to the two audios and choose the best summary, then answer the following questions.



Burne-Jones believed that a painting

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C1 43. It appears that the story of the king and the beggar Maid was

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C1 44. According to the student, how did the painter approach the work?

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C1 45. The student thinks that in some way the painting depicts

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C1 46. What was the people's reaction to the painting?

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C1 47. Listen to the audio and, then match the speakers with the statements.




"I regarded it as an unavoidable necessity."

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C1 48. "I strongly objected to it."

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C1 49. "I felt that research had proved it was a cleaner form of energy."

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C1 50. "I wasn't bothered where my power supply came from."

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C1 51. "I felt I knew too little about it to form an opinion."

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C1 52. "We still don't know what their long term effects might be."

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C1 53. "They put people off moving into the area."

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C1 54. "They pose a threat to the existence of the planet."

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C1 55. "There are alternatives we should explore first."

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C1 56. "They eventually become a health and safety hazard."


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