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Listening Test 28

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Section 1

Section 1

A series of telephone conversations between an overseas student

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Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

1.___

Section 2

Section 2

A guide. Talk about cooking, ginger on the radio broadcast,

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Questions 11–14

Complete the notes as you listen. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Weekly Cooking Corner – Gingers Ginger is a spicy-tasting root related to the bamboo family and has a variety of uses in the kitchen. (Example)

11.The Chinese used ginger principally for

Section 3

Section 3

An interview about global warming

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Questions 21–25

Complete the notes below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

21.Scientists want to know whether global warming is caused by

Section 4

Section 4

An extract from a talk about preventive medicine, especially how students can look after their own health

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Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. How to Make Personal Control of One’s Health

31.• should take charge of their health.

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  1. 1

    15 September/ 15th September/September 15(th)

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  2. 2

    (the) Pacific Hotel

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  3. 3

    07 9444 1233

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  4. 4

    50 dollars a day/50 a day

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  5. 5

    (Professor) Dorfman

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  6. 6

    London

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  7. 7

    last Friday

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  8. 8

    (an) interesting title

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  9. 9

    (a) short/brief CV

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  10. 10

    admin

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  11. 11

    medicine

    The transcript directly links the Chinese cultivation of ginger to its use in medicine.

  12. 12

    China; India (in either order)

    The text identifies China and India as the places of origin where it was used for thousands of years.

  13. 13

    a good price /lot of money

    The transcript explicitly states that traders valued it because they could sell it for a very good price.

  14. 14

    (early) 20th

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  15. 15

    Perfect / Ideal (conditions)

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  16. 16

    production cost(s) / cost of production

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  17. 17

    Second World War/ World War II

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  18. 18

    twenty five/25

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  19. 19

    14 tons/fourteen tons

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  20. 20

    Australia

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  21. 21

    human activities

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  22. 22

    get warmer

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  23. 23

    influences

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  24. 24

    Earth’s temperature

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  25. 25

    (the) oceans

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  26. 26

    engines

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  27. 27

    (in) space/(in) orbit/ above us / on the Earth

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  28. 28

    B

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  29. 29

    C

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  30. 30

    E

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  31. 31

    Patients

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  32. 32

    smoking

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  33. 33

    young men

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  34. 34

    heavy diet

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  35. 35

    (the) sun

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  36. 36

    public health (standards)

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  37. 37

    healthy lifestyle (choices)

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  38. 38

    fun / a pleasure

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  39. 39

    warm-up (to)

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  40. 40

    cross-training

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