Cambridge 2 Listening Test 1 - Answers With Explanation

1. Louise gives her address as "Apartment 1, 72 Black Street, Highbridge," which Mr Max recognises as "just around the corner."

2. Mr Max checks "so the post code is 2085, right?" and Louise confirms: "Yes, 2085."

3. Asked for both numbers, she says "home is 9835 6712 and work is 9456 1309."

4. For her driver's licence she says "I know it off by heart, it's an easy one, 2020BD."

5. Asked her date of birth, she replies "25 July 1977."

6–8. She loves "anything that makes me laugh" (comedies, B) and "anything with a bit of a love story" (romance, D), and is "completely taken by documentaries of the great outdoors... animals, plants" (wildlife, F) — but "not very keen on westerns" and "not musicals".

9. "The membership fee, $25, refundable if you leave the library for any reason."

10. "You can borrow videos now... but your card won't be ready until next week."

11. Charles says he "collected maps and other data to prepare what I call a 'route book' for this trip."

12. "It was 900 miles in total and we managed to climb 32 peaks that were over 3000 metres high" — the answer must include "miles", not just the bare number.

13. One peak climbed was "Toubkal, which is of course the highest in North Africa" — the region, not just "Africa", must be given.

14. "We were pretty taken aback really to find that it rained on quite a number of days" — the amount of rain surprised them (A).

15. Despite the detours, "having to take another pass was never a disappointment" — the reroutes made no difference to his enjoyment (C).

16–18. "We managed to keep all these dates" (B, kept meeting arrangements), "an old friend acted as a sort of transport organiser" (C, arranged transport), and "groups of friends actually joined us for three-week stints" (E, some travelled with him).

19–20. The donkeys "Taza and Tamri, as we called them after the last places in the trip" (B, named after places) "took diversions that were quite out of character" on the high summits (D, behaved unpredictably).

21. Jane corrects herself: "I got here a few days ago, on Saturday. No — wait a minute... Sorry, Friday, not Saturday."

22. Tim says "you're doing biology, if I remember correctly," and Jane confirms it.

23. Tim says of his reading list, "I counted 57. I could hardly believe it!"

24. Jane says her own list has "43. I don't know how I'm going to get through them all."

25. Tim's first lecture is "Tuesday"; Jane's is "the day after", i.e. Wednesday.

26. Jane explains: "I'm going to use a cassette recorder and record them all."

27. Tim says "my approach is to skim the book first to see what's important and what isn't. It saves hours of time."

28. Tim's first lecture is "on the French Revolution."

29. His professor "has given us the title 'Why study history?'" for the first essay.

30. Jane says "I've got to write about animal language" for her first assignment.

31. "For Sports Administrators we provide a four-month certificate course."

32. This course "is designed for those who are in employment. This employment must be current and related to sports administration."

33. "For the Sports Psychologist course we offer a one-year diploma course."

34. The Physical Education Teacher degree "needs no prior qualifications as it is entered directly by school leavers."

35. "Lastly for the Recreation Officer's course we offer a six-month certificate."

36. "A Physical Fitness Instructor works in health and fitness centres preparing individual programs for ordinary members of the public" — guidance of ordinary individuals (C).

37. "Sports Administrators run clubs and sporting associations" and organise "the schedule of games or events" — arranging matches and venues (F).

38. "Sports Psychologists spend time with professional athletes helping them approach competition with a positive mental attitude" — support of elite athletes (B).

39. PE Teachers "help the development of co-ordination, balance, posture, and flexibility" in young students — the rounded development of children (G).

40. Recreation Officers aim "to raise people's awareness of healthy lifestyles and improved general fitness" — community health (D).