Practice PET (B1) Listening Test 22 with Answers and Audioscripts

1 A   2 B   3 A   4 B   5 C   6 A   7 B

Audioscripts

1   How much will the girl pay to buy a new T-shirt?

Man:   Hello. How can I help you?

Girl:   Hello. I would like to buy this red T-shirt. How much does it cost?

Man:   Well, it’s on special offer today, so it’s reduced by 5 pounds; from sixteen pounds eighty-nine to eleven pounds eighty-nine.

Girl:   But I saw it on the internet for less than that – it was ten pounds fifty.

Man:   I know but most things on the internet are cheaper. Do you want to buy it online then?

Girl:   No. I need it for my best friend’s birthday party tomorrow and there’s no way it would arrive in time.

2   What food will the boy have?

Girl:   Hi John. What time does the film start?

Boy:   It starts at eight o’clock.

Girl:   Why don’t we go and get something to eat before the film? We can go to the food hall in the shopping centre. There is a lot of choice. We can have a pizza, burgers with chips or fried chicken.

Boy:   I think I will have some fried chicken.

Girl:   I’m going to have a pizza.

Boy:   Actually, why don’t we share one, now that I think about it.

Girl:   Good choice.

3   How will they get to the park?

Boy:   Isn’t it a lovely day today?

Girl:   It’s very hot and sunny. It’s a perfect day to have a picnic.

Boy:   Let’s do it! Can your dad drive us to the park?

Girl:   No, he’s at work now. But don’t worry we can go by bike.

Boy:   But my bike is broken. Why don’t we take the bus? Students’ tickets are very cheap.

Girl:   It’ll be better to go by bike. You can borrow my brother’s bike. He doesn’t need it today because he has a lot of homework to do.

Boy:   That sounds great!

4   Where did the boy go on holiday last summer?

Boy:   Last year we had a big problem organising our summer holiday. My parents booked our tickets to fly to the mountains and we were ready to leave. Then my dad got a phone call saying that all flights to the mountain region where we were going to were cancelled. The airline offered us tickets to go to a city destination instead, but we really wanted somewhere to relax. About an hour later the phone rang again and we were offered a package holiday at a lovely beach resort. It was great! I guess we were lucky after all.

5   What did the girl collect from the shop today?

Boy:   Hi Angela. I haven’t seen you for a long time. What are you doing here?

Girl:   Hi Peter. My parents have given me some money to buy some things for my computer at home but I’m having trouble finding what I need other than a new mouse. That was easy to get. I need a new printer but the printer I want is not available until next week. I also wanted to buy a keyboard which has lights in it so I can see the keys in the dark. They only had one and it was broken. I placed an order and they will let me know when they have them in store so I’ll go and collect them.

6   What will the weather be like on Saturday evening?

Woman:   Hello and welcome to the weather forecast for your area. Today is going to be very sunny with cold temperatures. Unfortunately, this nice weather will change overnight and will bring strong cold winds on Saturday morning. In the evening there will be a strong chance of snow which will create problems on the road. On Sunday the clouds will go away, and the sun will come out.

7   What sport will the girl learn?

Boy:   Hi Lidia. What are you doing?

Girl:   Hi Paul. I’m looking at the different courses for sports online. The local sports centre is offering weekend courses. I was thinking of football, but I don’t want to be outside when it’s raining.

Boy:   So, hockey won’t be an option either.

Girl:   No. That’s outside as well. Basketball looks interesting. I’m also the right height. All I need to do is to ask my parents if they will pay for the course.

8 B   9 C   10 B   11 A   12 C   13 B

Audioscripts

8   You will hear two friends talking about their trip to the museum.

Boy:   That museum was very interesting.

Girl:   Yes, I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the section showing how life was in England nine hundred years ago.

Boy:   I preferred the section about dinosaurs.

Girl:   I find this section a bit boring.

Boy:   Why didn’t you say that to Mr Johnson? Some students that didn’t like that section went to the museum’s shop. They bought a glass of fresh orange juice and then they took a free piece of cake.

Girl:   I didn’t know that. Anyway I’d love a piece of cake now. Let’s go to the supermarket next door.

9   You will hear a boy telling a friend about his meeting with the headteacher.

Boy:   When I arrived at school this morning, the headteacher asked me to go to his office.

Girl:   What happened?

Boy:   I knocked on his door and he told me to come in. He was not alone.

Girl:   Who was with him?

Boy:   He had my history teacher with him I was scared. I didn’t know why they wanted to see me. But the news was great! They said they were very happy with my project in history lesson and that it got the highest mark in class. They also want me to present my project in front of the whole school.

10   You will hear two friends talking about what they did in the snow.

Girl:   What a wonderful day! I’m glad you called me.

Boy:   Indeed! When I woke up, I looked out of the window and saw all the snow. I immediately thought of you. It’s great that we live near the big hill.

Girl:   Yes. It was very difficult climbing to the top, but it was fun sliding down very fast.

Boy:   I laughed a lot when you nearly hit those two children. That dog also ran away quickly.

Girl:   I was screaming at them to move but I ended up going into the bush.

11   You will hear two friends talking about a swimming competition.

Boy:   Are you going to enter the swimming competition?

Girl:   I don’t know if I am good enough. I’ll think about it. When is the competition?

Boy:   It’s next month on the first Saturday.

Girl:   I will need to practise a lot. Will you help me?

Boy:   Of course, if you share the prize money with me.

Girl:   Whatever happens I will buy you dinner for helping me but forget about the prize money.

Boy:   Great. We can go to the swimming pool tomorrow for your first practice session.

12   You will hear two friends talking about their day at the zoo.

Boy:   I didn’t realise the zoo had so many different animals.

Girl:   Which one did you like the most?

Boy:   The monkeys were very funny because they were playing with their toys. What about you?

Girl:   I thought the elephants were amazing. I liked how they took the water and threw it at the zookeeper.

Boy:   Yes, that was very funny.

Girl:   Those tigers were scary. I was frightened when they showed their teeth.

Boy:   We were behind a big glass wall, they couldn’t get to us.

Girl:   I know but I was still frightened.

13   You will hear two friends talking about the film they saw at the cinema last night.

Girl:   What a wonderful film!

Boy:   If you’re into that kind of thing. I have never seen something as bad as that.

Girl:   Oh. That’s a pity. I didn’t know that you don’t like horror movies.

Boy:   I usually do, but this film was not scary at all. The main characters were played by two well-known actors, but I think that these roles don’t suit them. Also it was a very long film as well. I nearly fell asleep.

14 8.40 / eight forty   15 notebook

16 painting   17 boat

18 Tuesday (afternoon)   19 arundel

Audioscripts

Man:   Good morning everyone. I want to tell you about the school trip to the castle next week. (14) The coach will be leaving the school at 9.10 so you all need to be there at 8.40 and no later. If anyone is late we will not wait for you.

We will be doing all sorts of activities during the day but (15) don’t forget that you will be doing a project on the castle so you need to bring a book, I mean a notebook with you. Don’t worry about bringing a camera as on the last trip two people lost their cameras. You can always use your phones if you want to take pictures.

(16) We should arrive at the castle by 9.45. We won’t be going on a guided tour because I know how bored you all get, so, instead, we will go to the gardens where we will have a special painting class; the gardens are very beautiful. All your paintings will be exhibited in the school hall next week.

(17) After lunch you can have a look around the castle for an hour which will be followed by a special treat. No that doesn’t mean you will go and eat cake, we will be going on a boat down the river. I know that this is a trip that you will really enjoy.

(18) Now those projects I mentioned earlier will be marked by Friday afternoon so they all need to be handed in by Tuesday afternoon. Not Wednesday morning! Us poor teachers have lots to do so you must hand your projects in on time.

If you want more information to help you write your projects, (19) you can look on the castle website which is www dot Arundel dot castle dot com. I’ll spell that for you, that A-R-U-N-D-E-L.

OK, you can go to your lessons now.

20 B   21 C   22 B   23 A   24 B   25 A

Audioscripts

Woman:   Today I have with me Omar who is already an airline pilot and has just returned from a flight around the world. Omar, when did you first want to fly a plane?

Omar:   I first went on a plane when I was two and I had a lot of toy planes. (20) Then, when I was ten years old, we moved to just outside London and our house was underneath the flight path for planes going into London Heathrow airport. Every day I would watch the planes. It was then that I decided to become an airline pilot.

Woman:   It must have been very noisy living there. How did your family feel about that?

Omar:   My mother hated it. (21) After five years, we moved to a nice cottage in a small village. I missed my city life, but we were near a small town.

Woman:   When did you learn to fly?

Omar:   (22) On my eighteenth birthday, my father bought me some flying lessons. Then while I was at university studying literature I got a part-time job in a pizza restaurant. I used the money I earned to pay for more flying lessons. By the time I finished university I’d got my pilot’s licence.

Woman:   How did you start your career?

Omar:   (23) I started flying private helicopters for businessmen. After that I started work at a big airline where I flew their small passenger planes. Three years later I was flying large jet planes around the world.

Woman:   So why did you decide to fly around the world on your own?

Omar:   (24) I wanted to see the world on my own, without having friends or my family with me. When I flew around the world, I flew in a small plane which meant that I could land at small airports far from the big cities. (24) I was able to learn new things, to meet the local people and enjoy their culture. I was able to see a lot of places in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia but I didn’t manage to visit Australia.

Woman:   What was the worst moment you had?

Omar:   (25) I was crossing Africa and there was a big storm and I couldn’t fly, as the rain was too heavy, so I had to make an emergency landing at a small airport. The next day the storm had gone. I asked for some fuel for the plane, but they told me they didn’t have any. I had to wait two weeks before the fuel arrived. I didn’t mind, the locals were lovely, and I had a great time with them despite the weather was too cloudy.

Woman:   Thanks Omar.