Test 3 Key Paper 1 Reading (1 hour) Part 1 1C 2A 3A 4B SD 6C 7A 8B Part 2 | 9F WH NE BA BC 4G 15B Part 3 A 17 18D 19F 208 24722 CID (ineith order) 23 C | 2B 2SE 2A 27 E 28/29 Di lincither order) 30 A | Paper 2. Writing (1 hous 20 minutes) Task-specific Mark Schemes | Part 1 | Question 1 Content | The letter must include all the points in the notes: 1) recommend the earlier trip, a8 it is less crowded 2) suggest aking picnic and explain why 3) suggest eying water sports) 4) give information about numbers for group booking. | Organisation and cobesion znisation of ideas, with suitable paragraphing and linking, and opening/closing 1 appropriate tothe task Clear or formula Appropriacy of register and format Consistent register appropriate to the situation and target reader Range Language relating to the Functions above. Vocabulary relating to arrangements for boat sip. Target reader ‘Would be informed, Part 2 Question 2 should organise and how the club cou Organisation and cohesion uld be advertised, Test 3 Ke port should give suggestions about how often the elub should meet, what type of activities Clear organisation of ideas, with suitable paragraphing and linking, Headings an advantage Appropriacy 0 Consist terand format Range Language of suggestions and explanation, Vocabulary relating to club and its activities. Target reader ‘Would be informed, Question 3 Story should continue from prompt sentence. Organisation and cohesion ble ro the situation and target reader Storyline should be clea. Parageaphing could be minimal register and format {ster suitable co the stor Range [Narrative tenses. Vocabulary appropri Target reader ‘Would he able to follow the storyline Question 4 Content Article should desce television for a week, the df Organisation and cohesion ace to the chose opie of story. ence it would make in the writer’ life to have (Cleat organisation of ideas, with suitable paragraphing and linking Appropriacy of register and for Consistent register suitable tothe situation and target reader ge Language of description, explanation Vocabulary relating to television, and comparison.st 3 Key Target reader Would be informed, Content Essay should explain the ways in which Mark helps Julie. Organisation and cohesion Clear organisation of ideas, with suitable paragraphing and linking, Apbropriacy of register and format Consistent register suitable to the situation and target reader. Range Language of description and explanation, Vocabulary relating to story and plot Target reader ‘Would be informed ‘Question 5(b) Content Article should describe two unpleasant characters Organisation and cohesion CClese organisation of ideas, with suitable paragraphing Appropriacy of register and format Consistent register suitable to che situation and target reader: Range Language of description and information. Vocabulary celating tothe storyline and characters. Target reader ‘Would be informed, Paper 3 Use of English (45 minutes) Part 1 DA De eee sic ID) uD 2B Part 2 13 didfried 14 withlover 15 such 16 to__17 those 18 onlyfjust 19 could/would 20 it 24 nothing 22 buvalthough 23 which 24 for 146 Key Part 3 25 attractive 29 unclear 26 tourists 27 achievement 28 employee 30 traditional 31. success 34 communication(s} 32 appearance 33 originality Part 4 35 my holiday | had 36 ought o | have locked 38 from Paul | nobody has 39 got | used to ble | rosing 42. as soon as | we arcive 37 any chance | of Pee 40 felelike | doing, 41 being Paper 4 Listening {approximately 40 minutes) Part 1 1C 2B 3A 4B SB 6A 70 8B Part 2 9 south of France 10 1970 11 famous people 12 (young) children 13 (about) 50% 14 under the) water 15 breathe (out) 16 (try to) float 17 (feeling) confident 18 3 hourslessons Part 3 19°C 2B 2D 22F 298 Part 4 MC A WB 2WC WA 2C 3B ‘Transcript This is she Cambridge First Certificate in English Listening Test. Test Three. T'm going to give you the instructions for this test. I intraduce each part of the test and give you time to look atthe questions. At he start ofeach piece you'll hear this sounds You'll hear each piece twice Remember, swbile you're listening, write your answers on the question paper You'll have five minutes at the end ofthe test to copy your ansivers onto the separate answer set. There will now be a pause. Please ask any questions now, because you must not speak during the ts [pause] 147Test 3 Key PART 1 Question 1 Question 2 148 Now open your question paper and look at Part One. You'll hear people talking in eight diferent situations. For questions 1 108, choose the best answer, A, B or C One. You overbear a mas talking about ax experience be had at an airport What did be lose? A bis passport B his wallet C a piece of luggage [pause The airport staf looked everwhere fort. It was teribe, | thought the plane ‘was going o go without me. At fist | thought someone must have taken it Although my money wasn't inside, I'd bought some nice presents forthe family, Then | remembered that 'd been to the washroom and | must have put it dovin in there, Luckily, | had my documents and boarding card in my jacket pocket and, to cut along story shart, | ha to get onthe plane without it.The Sirport staf sent it on to me three days later [The recording is repeated.) [pause] Two. You bear an advertisement on the radio. What is special about the Fretight guitar A It plays recorded music, B Irteaches you how ta play C Ie plugs into a computer: “The Fretight is a fully functional guitar that comes in acoustic and electric ‘madols, Built into Its body is an on-board computer and a hundred and ‘thirty-two lights that show you where to put your fingers. Simply flip a switch and choose the chord of nate that you would like to pla, and the finger positions for making the appropriate notes will be promptly displayed on the heck of the guitar. Beginners can get a real fee forthe fingerboard, while the ‘more experienced players wil be able to discover lots of new musical possibiities Question 3 Question 4 Woman: Mani Woman: Maxi Woman: Test 3 Key [pause] [The recording is repeated.] [pause] Three You bear part af a radio programme, What i the presenter talking about? A food safety B meal times healt racipes [pause] \Whether you have just one large meal a day, or a number of small meals, here are some basic steps to keep you in good heatth Ideally ‘et food as soon as it is cooked or prepared. I you are preparing food for later use, keep cold foods inthe fridge and hot foods hot until they are ready 10_be eaten, Piping hot, that's how cooked food should be, especially when i's reheated. And remember, prepared foods left at room temperature will not keep long, however fresh the ingredients you have used [pause] [The recording is repeated.] [pause] Four, You bear two people discussing a typeof pollution. What do the speakers ag A the best way to solve B how they feel about this type of pollution C how they reacted to the solution they saw Iause} Do you know what they were doing in town the other day? I had to rush away ‘because it set my teeth on edge, but they ware chipping the chewing gum of the paths with sharp tools. ‘You know, | only realised recently that al those black spots onthe ground are actually old chexting gum. I mean, i's disgusting sn i? Deeply. ‘And what a nasty job! 49I Oo Test 3 Key Mert Question 5 ‘Shop assistant Customer: ‘Shop assistant Question 6 150 Wel, | was actually there when the city once tested out a machine fo this and, Ihad to laugh, tneeded such a powerful suck to get it of, ited the stones themselves, [pause [The recording is repeated] [pavsel You beara conversation between a sbop assistant and a customer about a compact disc What was the cause ofthe problem? A The customer gave the wrong number B A mistake was made on the order form. © The dise was incorrectly labelled. [pause ‘And you ordered it two weeks ago? Well, I cant find anything inthe order book... Oh, yes, here its, Well, t seems we chased it up after you phoned ‘and thay said they couldn’ find the order, so we gave them the details again. it hasn't turned up though. Oh, perhape . ere's a note on the ora frm. “They then told us there's nothing under the number you gave us '™m ata. Well, | noted it down very carefully. Look Un-tub Oh, see. Two figures are the wrong way round on our form, that's wy they couldn't find the disc {pausel [The recording is repeated. [pause] Six. You overhear a conversation ata football game. What does the speaker say about bis team? A They're better than usual B They've as good as he expected, © They tend to be unlucky. [pause] Man 4 Man 2: Question 7 « Question 8 Man Woman: Test 3 Key Not many here today, are there? | guess it in't as popular as it used to be. A fow years ago it was so crowded here, you were lucky if you could sae overall the heads. This isthe fist ime ve been this season. | was expecting to see them lose ~ as ever - but | can ‘walt forthe second hat f they cary on playing tke this. [pause] [The recording is repeated] [pause] You overhear a schooleir! talking to her friend. What does she think about her new teae A Hes clever B Hes funny, © He is interesting. [pause] W's funny, ve had loads of maths teachers and they all seemed to be the ‘same - realy clover with figures but useless at dealing with children. That's ‘why used to play about in leasons and do anything fora laugh. But Mr Jones is something lea, He's quite serious and he makes us work really hard and {ives us loads of problems to solve, but what | ke is he relates everything to real fe. Ipausel [The recording is repeated. | {pause] igh. Ina hotel you overhear a conversation. Who is the woman A a tour guide B a tourist C a hotel receptionist [pause ‘Oh, by the way, what's tis altisland trip ke then? It last al day and you get picked up from the hotel at about seven thirty and they take you around the sland to look at the sights. 151Test 3 Key Man: Woman: PART 2 Interviewer: Paul Intewiewer: Paul Interviewer: Pauk Interviewer Pau Interviewer: Paul Intewviower: Paul Interviewer: au! Do you thinks worth going on then? Pd ay 20. You sae all the sights and have lunch ina restaurant by the sea. The pica includes everything, you know, tke the museum and everything. The whole family enjoyed it when we went [pause [The recording is repeated. Ipause] That's the end of Part One. Now turn to Part Two. pause] You'll hear part of a radio interview with a swinoming instructor. For ‘questions 910 18, complete the sentences You now have forty-five seconds in which to look at Part Two. [pause] [And now for au sports section, and | have with me today Paul Collison wo is ‘swimming instructor with a rather unusual approach. Thanks fr taking the time during your holiday to come and tak to us, Paul Its very kin of you to invite me. Paul - you're the swimming instructor atthe Palace Hotel n the south of France. How long have you been there? (Oh, wall | started working there in 1970 when | was eighteen years old ‘And you've never moved”? Nope =| get to mest a lot of famous peopl there and ...| quess | enjoy that. ‘And of course a lot of them go there because they want you to teach them to ‘That's tuo, but | teach plenty of ether people too ~ and not all my students are beginners, But we're not talking about young children, are we? [Not usually ~ thee isn't the same challenge teaching children. They have an ‘almost natural ability to swim. Adults are afraid, and helping them overcome that I hard but much more fun somehow. But don't a lot of people just give up trying to leam once they reach a certain age? Not at al get hundreds of cals from people looking for ‘sympathetic’ Instructors | would estimate that about fity per cent ofthe adutt population can't swim ~ but thay'e stl koon to lear, So it's just fear that holds ther back? Basicaly, yes. tcome across ital the time andi isnt just beginners. | have students who can swim a bit, bt don't make any progress because — like al fof them ~ they hate going under water. Interviewer Paul Interviewer: Poul Interviewer Paul Interviewer Paul Interviewer aul Interviewer Paul Interviewer: Interviewer PART 3 Test 3 Key Mmm... So whats the secret, Paul? Well, you've got to relax inthe water and that means that you must control your breathing ‘And | understand you have a special technique to help people do that Ys, before my stucents even go into the poo! | teach them how to breathe and todo that | give everyone a salad bow ‘salad bow! Right Everyone In the group gets one of these... each ful of water, Fits, | get them to breathe .. slowly through the nose and mouth just normal controled breathing, To calm them, Un-hu .. and then = they all ave to pu their faces in the bow! and breathe cut under water. How doas it go? Well, they're all ered at frst, So we repeat the exercise many times and in the end they become quite compasiive about wo can keep their face down the longest! And that moans they've started to forget about their fear. Exactly, When 'm sure they're more confident about breathing, ! move the {group into the pool and | tll them that they are going to begin by trying to float with their faces inthe water, Once 'm sure they're OK, | start them off and | teach diferent swimming strokes to different pupils depending on which ‘one | think theyl find easiest. The swimming technique tsi is far eee important than feeling confident in the water. Great. So how many lessons would | need to learn to swim? Will my lessons are an nour tong an generally I just takes trae to ‘overcome the fear and got people evimming. A few never make lt but Pasay ninety per cent end up swimmers. So there's hope for us al yet ...and now on to [pause] Now you'll sar Part Tivo again [The recording is repeated.] [pause] That's the end of Part Two, Now turn to Part Three. pause} You'll hear part ofa radio programme called ‘Morning Marker’ Five listeners have telephoned the programme because they have something to sell. For questions 19 to 23, choose which ofthe statements, A to E ‘matches the reason each of the people ives for selling their possession. Use the liters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to 153Test 3 Key 154 You now have thirty seconds in which to look at Part Three [pause] ‘Speaker One [pause] Ive got a brand-new rowing machine, | won it actually, about two months go, and it's til ints Box. I's got an electric tier on it watch tels you hove much rowing you've done and al that, So anyone who's into exercise can do lots of rowing and keep ft and healthy. I folds up really small, so, you know, it won't take up too much space i, like, a bedroom or anything. I mean, ‘ever use It because Iwas ater the holiday which was won by whoever came first in the competition, So I'm looking or around forty-five pounds and my umber is [pause] ‘Speaker Two [pause] ve got a kicney-shaped bath, colour soft cream, forsale I's stil nits original packing case because | ordered the wrong colour, ou know it didn't {90 with the rest ofthe bathroom auto I'd gat. So, | contacted, you know, the Suppliers who said they'l send me a replacement, at a price, of course! But 've now got to get rd ofthis one. It cost originally alhundred and seventy-five pounds and I'm letting it go fr fit If anyone's interested. OK? My number's [pause] ‘Speaker Three [pause] | Ive got a teal bargain, t's a Lieberstain electric organ and i's got two | parts keyboards and a rhythm section, f'n good condition, plays quite well, and it’s not dificult to use or anything. But, what with us having a baby on the way, i's got to make way for more essential items, as we've only got a tiny flat at the moment. So, a6 | say, i anyone wants it, they can make me an offer. The only problem is, anyone interested would have to come and collect It The number to ring is [pause] Interviewer Test 3 Key Speaker Four pause} Hello, ve gota lady's cycle for sale. 've got back trouble and I've been advised not to rde'it, o rather than be ternpted, I'l get rd oft hate the idea, because we're not wel served with public transport out here and | used itquite alot, but as | darer't ride it any more, | think it would be a mistake to hang on tot, you know, in case had sacond thoughts. So, i's a Raleigh Chopper, pink, and I'd tke thicty-five pounds fort please. I can be contacted [pause] ‘Speaker Five [pause] I've got two frying pans, you know the sort for cooking stir-fry in, and a ‘seven-piees too! et to go with tham, All boxed and everything. Anyway, they've hardly been used because at one time Iwas intending to do alot of this type of cooking because I've only got a small kitchenette ke, no oven, But Ivo been given a microwave instead now, 80 much easier ta use. So, that's ton pounds for both pans and the tools and my number is [pause] Now you'll hear Part Three again, [The recording is repeated] [pause] That isthe end of Part Three Now turn to Part Four [pause] You'll hear an interview with a man who makes models for films and television. Far questions 24 10.30, choose the best answer, A, B or C You now have one minute in which to look at Part Four, [pause] "Matt Ryan makes models. He's worked for television and various other ‘Companies for many years. | went to his studlo in London to tak to him. Mat could | ask you to tll listeners a bit about your background and your eal career? 155Test 156 3 Key Matt Interviewer Matt Interviewer Matt Interviewer: Matt Interviewer Matt Intewviewer: Matt: Interviewer: Matt: Interviewers ‘Sure, Well i's strange realy, cos at fst | never thought about model-making 28 a career, Fairy cary on in my life | worked fora television channel. ‘eally wanted a full-time job there, but the best could get was holiday relist \work, filing in for people while they were away. | started off in the photograph Hbrary and we had to eallect pictures forthe news, and it was a good way of ‘getting into the business. So how did the career come about? [think it was an interesting time altogether relly, was the sixties and teveryone was talking about going to the moon. There were comic books about space and models of astronauts. Where I was working we had ‘photographs which were used in television reports on the subject. The scenes fascinated me and I thought why not build some three-cimensional kits or ‘models ofthe views instead of these flat photos that were mostly black and ‘white ‘And what happened to them? ‘Sometning quite incredible realy. | stil think back oni with alot of pride. During one of the space trips to the moon, the camera on the spacecraft ‘burnt out and we had no pictures back inthe television studio to put on the news, So they used a total of fifteen of my models as a substitute and they \were broadcast to everyone at home. Do you think that marked the beginning f a career with television? ‘Yes, because shorty ator that, | was asked to go to a meeting with one of the “TVheads. Itwas a time when they were looking fer more people and | think nowadays that type of thing wouldn't happen - you'd need two degrees anc aout sx years’ experience! But they put me straight onto one of the biggest TV series a te Ue What was that? It was called Bright Star and it was a chiliren's programme they produced about a time traveler. You know the kindof thing... each week he had a differant adventure Inthe twenty-first century and each time there would be monsters or strange creatures that he'd have to deal with, and | made most of the models for these. And | was just one of a whole load of people .. you'd need make-up artists and scene-makers and costume designers. it was. incredible. CCan we move on to some other programmes that you've worked on because they haven't ll been science fiction, have they? No. Infact the aftemoon children’s programmes were very demanding too. 1 ‘made a regular appearance on these where | might tak about how to make ‘your own toys or creste your own set fora story, orrun a competition based fon space research, ‘And you were also involved in documentaries at the time, weren't you? ‘Yes... tobe honest dd so many of them that I've lost count but my fayourte was Heart of Darkness for which | won television prizes, That was quite funny because at the tine it wasn’t possibi to get an award for what Idi .. you know, you could be best actor or best crector but there was no category for special effects ~ wal, only in films, not television ~ so they put my name forward for lot of other things and | actually won seven of them! Matt, thank you for a fascinating intorview, Test 3 Key [pause Now yow'l bear Part Four again, [The recording is repeated] [pause] ‘That's the end of Pare Four There'll now be pause of five minutes for you to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet. Be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions. Ul remind you when there is ome minute left, so that you are sure te finish in time. (Teaches, pause the recording here for five minutes. Remind your students when they have one minute left That's the end of the test. Please stop now. Your supervisor will now collect all the question papers and answer sheets