Practice English Listening Test for A2 with answer and audioscript – Test #20

1 B   2 A   3 C   4 A   5 B

Audioscript

1   What are the boys going to do?

Boy:   Let’s go fishing. You never want to play football unless there’s a lot of people. And it’s too hot to play tennis, isn’t it?

Friend:   I don’t think so. If we play in the park, we can go and get a drink in the café there afterwards.

Boy:   Well, all right … but I don’t want to play for long.

Friend:   OK. It’ll be fun, you’ll see, and fishing is boring anyway.

2   Which tent does the girl choose?

Man:   This tent’s very nice – it’s big enough to stand up in.

Girl:   But I need one that I can carry.

Man:   This round one’s for three people, and not too heave. And this one here is for two people, so it’s even lighter.

Girl:   Oh, that’ll be best. I’m travelling alone but the extra space will be nice.

3   Which one is Ruth’s bike?

Girl:   I’m taking your bike to the library, Ruth. Is that all right?

Friend:   Fine. You can use the bag on the back to put your books in.

Girl:   Yours has got a water bottle too, hasn’t it? I don’t want to take the wrong one.

Friend:   That’s right.

4   What does Sarah’s dad do?

Boy:   Are your mum and dad both doctors, Sarah? I saw them in the hospital together yesterday.

Girl:   Only my mum is. My dad was a cook, but he works for the hospital now. He drives an ambulance.

Boy:   That’s nice for them, to work in the same place.

Girl:   Yes, my dad is much happier now.

5   Which picture is the woman asking about?

Woman:   You have some lovely pictures for sale. Can you tell me who painted the one in your window? It’s very good.

Man:   The oil painting of the Swiss mountains?

Woman:   That’s beautiful, but I meant the one below it.

Man:   Oh, the summer flowers – that’s by George Anderson. Look, there’s a picture of him here in this art magazine.

6 E   7 B   8 H   9 G   10 F

Audioscript

Boy:   I really like your new room, Kerri. It’s so big.

Kerri:   I know. There’s even space for my computer. I’m going to put it on the desk.

Boy:   Great ideal! Shall I put these books on the shelf?

Kerri:   They’re dictionaries. Leave them on the floor near the desk – I use them all the time.

Boy:   OK. Now, what about your plant? It’ll look nice on this table.

Kerri:   Hmm, it should be by the window. Can you put it on this big cupboard? Be careful – it’s heavy!

Boy:   OK.

Kerri:   I’d like the lamp near my bed, but there’s no room.

Boy:   Well, let’s move this small cupboard, and then it can go on the table, like this.

Kerri:   Great! And throw me that pillow, please. It should be on the sofa – I don’t want it on the bed.

Boy:   Fine. And why have you still got this old toy bear, Kerri?

Kerri:   I don’t know. It’s always been on my bed. It can go on the shelf now. Is that everything?

Boy:   Yes.

11 A   12 B   13 C   14 B   15 C

Audioscript

Sarah:   Hi, Jim. I like your walking shoes. I haven’t seen any like them in England before.

Jim:   They’re Italian, Sarah. I got them for my holiday in Austria last month.

Sarah:   I need some like them, because I’m going to go there too.

Jim:   Not many shops sell them. I got mine at the market, but they may have some at the new supermarket.

Sarah:   How much were they?

Jim:   I think they usually cost sixty-eight pounds, but mine were only forty-eight – so I paid twenty pounds less. I was really pleased.

Sarah:   I’ll get some this afternoon. Is there anything else special I should take?

Jim:   Well, pack a hat, because the sun can be strong in the mountains. I took a sweater and a jacket, but I never needed them.

Sarah:   Anything else?

Jim:   Take lots of T-shirts, one for each day you’re going to go walking.

Sarah:   That’s five days of my week’s holiday. And what about taking a phone?

Jim:   Well, there’ll be one in your hotel, if you want to call home. But take yours, because then you can call someone if you get lost in the mountains.

Sarah:   Thanks, Jim.

16 River(s)   17 (Martin) COOPER

18 123-127   19 fish   20 Friday

Audioscript

Sally:   Hello, Richard. I wasn’t at school today because I was ill. Can you tell me what our Biology homework is?

Richard:   Yes, Sally. In class, we talked about animals that live in water. For homework, we have to read a book about them. The book’s called Rivers. It’s in the school library.

Sally:   OK. Who is it by?

Richard:   Let me see … it’s by Martin Cooper.

Sally:   Is that C double O P E R?

Richard:   That’s right. You’ll find the books on the third shelf on the Biology bookshelf. We have to look at part seven, pages a hundred and twenty-three to a hundred and twenty-seven.

Sally:   OK. That’s not very much. What is it about?

Richard:   That part’s all about fish. It’s quite interesting. Mrs Knight says we’re going to study lakes next week.

Sally:   Oh, right. Do we have to read these pages for the lesson on Monday?

Richard:   We have until Friday to do it.

Sally:   Oh good. I’ll go to the library on Thursday. Thanks, Richard. See you tomorrow.

21 5(th) (July) / 5/(0)7 / 7/5

22 (and) drum(s)

23 (0)9.15 / nine fifteen / (a) quarter past nine (a.m.)

24 (£)3.25 / three pounds (and) twenty-five (p/pence)

25 217 3881

Audioscript

We are pleased to tell you that this year there will be a summer music school at the Arts Centre. Classes at the summer music school will begin on the fifth of July and will go on until the thirtieth.

The school is open to young people between the ages of eight and seventeen. There will be classes in piano and guitar … and, have you ever wanted to play the drums? Well, you can learn at the summer school. The teachers are all really excellent.

There will be classes every morning from Monday to Friday, beginning at nine fifteen and finishing at eleven forty-five. It doesn’t matter if you have never had music lessons before. Beginners are welcome. Students will only have to pay three pounds twenty-five a day, or fifteen pounds for a week.

For more information about the classes, or to book a place, phone the Arts Centre on two-one-seven, three-double-eight-one.

So, that’s the summer music school. A great place to play music and make new friends.