Cambridge 2 test 2 listening answers

Instructions to candidates In the actual test you will be given the following instructions:

PART 1

Questions 1 – 10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Name of company: Picturerep

Requirements ●   Maximum size of photos is 30 cm, minimum size 4 cm. ●   Photos must not be in a 1 ……………… or an album. Cost ●   The cost for 360 photos is 2 £……………… (including one disk). ●   Before the complete order is sent, 3 ……………… is required. Services included in the price ●   Photos can be placed in a folder, e.g. with the name 4 ……………… . ●   The 5 ……………… and contrast can be improved if necessary. ●   Photos which are very fragile will be scanned by 6 ……………… . Special restore service (costs extra) ●   It may be possible to remove an object from a photo, or change the 7 ……………… . ●   A photo which is not correctly in 8 ……………… cannot be fixed. Other information ●   Orders are completed within 9 ……………… . ●   Send the photos in a box (not 10 ………………).

PART 2

Questions 11 – 15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Minster Park

11   Dartfield House school used to be

A   a tourist information centre.

B   a private home.

C   a local council building.

12   What is planned with regard to the lower school?

A   All buildings on the main site will be improved.

B   The lower school site will be used for new homes.

C   Additional school buildings will be constructed on the lower school site.

13   The catering has been changed because of

A   long queuing times.

B   changes to the school timetable.

C   dissatisfaction with the menus.

14   Parents are asked to

A   help their children to decide in advance which serving point to use.

B   make sure their children have enough money for food.

C   advise their children on healthy food to eat.

15   What does the speaker say about the existing canteen?

A   Food will still be served there.

B   Only staff will have access to it.

C   Pupils can take their food into it.

Questions 16-18

What comment does the speaker make about each of the following serving points in the Food Hall?

Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions 16-18.

Comments

A   pupils help to plan menus

B   only vegetarian food

C   different food every week

D   daily change in menu

Food available at serving points in Food Hall

16   World Adventures

17   Street Life

18   Speedy Italian

Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO optional after-school lessons are new?

A   swimming

B   piano

C   acting

D   cycling

E   theatre sound and lighting

PART 3

Questions 21-24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Assignment on sleep and dreams

21   Luke read that one reason why we often forget dreams is that

A   our memories cannot cope with too much information.

B   we might other wise be confused about what is real.

C   we do not think they are important.

22   What do Luke and Susie agree about dreams predicting the future?

A   It may just be due to chance.

B   It only happens with certain types of event.

C   It happens more often than some people think.

23   Susie says that a study on pre-school children having a short nap in the day

A   had controversial results.

B   used faulty research methodology.

C   failed to reach any clear conclusions.

24   In their last assignment, both students had problems with

A   statistical analysis.

B   making an action plan.

C   self-assessment

Questions 25-30

Complete the flow chart below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Assignment plan

Decide on research question: Is there a relationship between hours of sleep and number of dreams?

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Decide on sample: Twelve students from the 25 ……………… department

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Decide on methodology: Self-reporting

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Decide on procedure: Answers on 26 ………………

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Check ethical guidelines for working with 27 ……………… Ensure that risk is assessed and 28 ……………… is kept to a minimum

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Analyse the results Calculate the correlation and make a 29 ………………

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PART 4

Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Health benefits of dance

Recent findings:

●   All forms of dance produce various hormones associated with feelings of happiness.

●   Dancing with others has a more positive impact than dancing alone.

●   An experiment on university students suggested that dance increases 31 ……………… .

●   For those with mental illness, dance could be used as a form of 32 ……………… .

Benefits of dance for older people:

●   accessible for people with low levels of 33 ………………

●   reduces the risk of heart disease

●   better 34 ……………… reduces the risk of accidents

●   improves 35 ……………… function by making it work faster

●   improves participants’ general well-being

●   gives people more 36 ……………… to take exercise

●   can lessen the feeling of 37 ………………, very common in older people

Benefits of Zumba:

●   A study at The University of Wisconsin showed that doing Zumba for 40 minutes uses up as many 38 ……………… as other quite intense forms of exercise.

●   The American Journal of Health Behavior study showed that:

–  women suffering from 39 ……………… benefited from doing Zumba.

–  Zumba became a 40 ……………… for the participants.

Part 1

1   frame

2   195

3   payment

4   Grandparents

5   colour / color

6   hand

7   background

8   focus

9   ten / 10 days

10   plastic

Part 2

11   C

12   B

13   A

14   A

15   C

16   D

17   A

18   B

19&20   B, C

Part 3

21   B

22   A

23   C

24   C

25   history

26   paper

27   humans / people

28   stress

29   graph

30   evaluate

Part 4

31   creativity

32   therapy

33   fitness

34   balance

35   brain

36   motivation

37   isolation

38   calories

39   obesity

40   habit