Practice KET (A2) Listening Test 01 with Answers and Audioscripts

1 B   2 A   3 C   4 C   5 A

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1   Where’s the girl going this afternoon?

Boy:       Are you coming shopping with me and Mom this afternoon?

Girl:        To buy your new skateboard? I’d love to, but I’m meeting my classmate Susan. We’re going to see that new Japanese cartoon.

Boy:       OK, no problem, Mom can help me choose a skateboard.

Girl:        And Mom wants to go to the new café in Bridge Street.

Boy:       Great! They sell fantastic cakes!

2   Which is the boy’s new desk?

Boy:       Mum’s bought me a desk for my bedroom, Aunt Barbara!

Aunt:     Yes. She was looking at one online with four drawers. Did she get that one?

Boy:       Mine’s got two drawers on the left and three shelves on the right.

Aunt:     That’s good – you’ve got lots of books and things. Can I go upstairs and look at it?

Boy:       Sure!

3   How will they get to their tennis class?

Boy 1:    Are we going to go to our tennis class by bike today? The weather’s good.

Boy 2:    Yes, it’s sunny but not too hot. But I’ve got a problem with my back wheel, so I’d prefer to go by bus.

Boy 1:    Or we could walk. It’s not far.

Boy 2:    Good idea. My dad says he’ll fix my bike next weekend.

4   Which woman is Laura’s new English teacher?

Laura:    Mum, you see the woman outside the bookshop? That’s my new English teacher.

Mum:    The woman with long dark hair? She looks like your Aunt Suzanna.

Laura:    But Aunt Suzanna’s got blonde hair! Anyway, it’s the other woman, with short dark hair and glasses.

Mum:    Oh, she looks really friendly!

5   What might Harry do if it rains on Saturday?

Katie:     Hi, Harry, are you going to go running on Saturday to practise for the school race?

Harry:    Possibly, buy it might rain. If it does, I don’t want to be outside.

Katie:     What about playing badminton in the sports hall?

Harry:    I like badminton, but my friends don’t. We all like volleyball, and that’s good exercise, too, so I’ll think about that.

6   Thursdays     7   4:20 (any convention)

8   Taylor     9   0779386521     10   library

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Woman:   Now, I want to tell you about a new school music club. It’ll begin on the fifteenth of September and there will be classes once a week until December the eighteenth.

Let me check the day … Because there’s the sports club on Wednesdays, the music club will be on Thursdays.

It’ll be after school. Your last lessons finish at ten to four and you can have a break before the music club because it starts at twenty past four and ends at five o’clock.

Here’s some information about the teacher. His name’s Mr Taylor. I’ll spell that for you T-A-Y-L-O-R. You don’t know him because he’s new.

If your parents would like to phone him, he’s happy for me to give you his phone number. It’s zero-double seven-nine, three-eight-six, five-two-one.

Oh, you need to know where to go for the club. It’s going to be in the library. Use the doors next to the art room because the other doors won’t be open then.

11 C   12 B   13 B   14 A   15 A

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Luis:   Charlotte! I’ve got the computer game called Green Space.

Charlotte:   Where did you find out about it, Luis?

Luis:   I borrowed a magazine from a schoolfriend and there was an ad for it. I asked my mum and she bought it for me from their website.

Charlotte:   I really like that game. It’s not new, but it’s my favourite game because it isn’t easy. I play it a lot, which is strange because it’s not funny at all! Who are you going to play it with?

Luis:   Well, my brother’s too busy studying, and my cousin Amy only likes board games. But my granddad has lots of time, so I want to play with him. How long do you usually play it for?

Charlotte:   When I was sick last Wednesday, I played for an hour and a half. Then, on Friday, an hour. And on Saturday, three quarters of an hour! Which part do you like best?

Luis:   Crossing the river’s really good, but the bit I enjoy most is finding something to eat. The part about building a hut’s my least favourite.

16 A   17 C   18 B   19 C   20 A

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16   You will hear two friends talking about shopping. What did the boy buy yesterday?

Female:   I’m glad I got the school book I wanted yesterday.

Boy:   Yes, my mum had already bought that and a new magazine for me. Everyone thinks the gloves I got yesterday are cool, too.

Girl:   The T-shirt I liked was really colourful!

Boy:   But nearly one hundred pounds!

Girl:   I know. Let’s buy some snacks now. We can eat them during break at school.

17   You will hear a teacher talking to a student called Lyn. Why didn’t Lyn come to school yesterday?

Lyn:   Mr Jones, could I ask you about the tennis match on Saturday?

Mr Jones:   Of course, Lyn. You missed class yesterday. Do you feel better?

Lyn:   Oh, I wasn’t ill. We were camping in Switzerland for a week and our flight was cancelled on Sunday. We flew on Monday instead.

Mr Jones: Oh, OK. So, next Saturday’s really important. If we win, we’ll win the championship!

18   You will hear a boy talking about surfing. How did he learn to surf?

Boy:   When I started surfing, I went to the beach with friends and tried and tried, but I didn’t seem to improve. Then, I saw that someone was organising lessons, but they were on Fridays when I play football. In the end, I found a website with a famous surfer showing people the best way to learn. That’s what helped me.

19   You will hear a girl talking about her day at school. Which subject did she like best?

Girl:   School was great today. First, we had a lesson about oceans and the average water temperature in each one. But the most interesting lesson was about bees – how they live together and how they develop from eggs to adults. In another lesson, we read part of a novel and, for homework, we can write either a story or an article.

20   You will hear two brothers talking about last night. Why did they both sleep badly?

Jake:   I’m tired this morning. I didn’t sleep well.

Nathan:   Neither did I. Let’s ask Dad to turn down the heating in our room.

Jake:   Yes, that was the problem. I can hear him outside. I thinking he’s packing the car so that we are ready to go camping.

Nathan:   I can hear Mum playing music downstairs. Let’s ask her about the heating.

Jake:   Yeah.

21 C   22 H   23 E   24 D   25 A

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Lucas:   Mum, we talked about different jobs in class today and I’m surprised about the jobs some of my friends want to do.

Mum:   What do you want to do?

Lucas:   You know I love planes, so I’d like to fly them for my job.

Mum:   Great idea. What job does Tyler want to do?

Lucas:   He wants to work at the hospital. His mum’s a receptionist there, but he wants to take care of people’s teeth!

Mum:   That’s a good job. Ava wants to be a sports coach, doesn’t she?

Lucas:   Not now, she wants to show tourists round different towns.

Mum:   Oh. And Mark?

Lucas:   He’s always helping his dad repair cars. Remember, his dad’s got a garage? And that’s what he wants to do.

Mum:   He’ll be good at that. Does Victoria know what she wants to do?

Lucas:   Yes, to write articles for a newspaper. She wrote a good story about an actor for English last week.

Mum:   Great! What about Bobby?

Lucas:   He wants to be in plays and work in theatres all over the world.

Mum:   He was good in the school play about a hospital.