UNIT 7: Skills Test A: Dictation Listening

UNIT 7: Skills Test A
Dictation Listening
You are going to listen to a recording about
You are going to listen to five students talking
houses. Listen to the whole recording once. Then
about a time they went abroad and used another
you will hear the recording again with pauses for
language.
you to write down what you hear. Make sure you
spell the words correctly.
Task 1
For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what

each speaker says about their experience of using
.. the language.
........................................
A I found it hard to follow when people spoke quickly.
........................................
B It took me a while to get the confidence to speak.
........................................
C People were pleased when I tried to speak the
........................................ language.
....................................... D I didn’t use the language as much as I wanted.
E I used another language with some success.

F I learned a lot from written signs.

G People didn’t understand my accent.
H My previous language learning wasn’t useful.

Speaker 1 1
Speaker 2 2
Speaker 3 3
___/10
Speaker 4 4
Speaker 5 5
___/10
Task 2
For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) how

each speaker felt about the accommodation.
A not spacious enough
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B unusual Speaker 1 6
C futuristic Speaker 2 7
D impressive from the outside Speaker 3 8
E great fun to be in Speaker 4 9
F rather boring Speaker 5 10

G very tidy
___/10
H cosy

Reading
Task 1
Read the article. Choose from the sentences (A–G) the one which fits each gap (11–16). There is one extra
sentence which you do not need to use.
A What took him longer to become familiar with was the lifestyle.
B Apart from that, life went on as normal: job, computer, working out in the gym.
C He has also lost a lot of weight and feels fitter than ever before.
D Instead, he wanted a cheaper way, surrounded by trees and nature.
E The house is the very opposite of high-tech!
F It helped that Mark knew exactly what he was doing thanks to his professional qualifications.
G Some visitors, on the other hand, politely say the house is ‘very cosy’.
___/12
Task 2
Read the article again and answer the questions in your own words.
17 What could Mark hear when he spent his first nights in the treehouse?
18 When and where did Mark go at one point when he couldn’t live in the treehouse?
19 What does Mark do with objects in his house to stop it getting untidy?
20 What does Mark not like very much about his new lifestyle?
___/8

Total: ___/50

The man who lives in a treehouse
If you’ve ever dreamed of having a treehouse of your Mark describes his treehouse as his own personal
own, you’ll be interested to read about a young man palace, and says it beats living in a block of flats any
who is actually living in one … and built it himself! day. (14) Mark admits that they have a point.
Twenty-two-year-old Mark Tamperin came out of It is rather cramped and can easily become messy if
university with a degree in engineering and design. he’s not disciplined, but he likes that. Therefore he
The cost of university had been very expensive, so always hangs up his clothes and never leaves them
when he got his first job, he decided to build a simple lying around, putting things away as soon as he’s
wooden treehouse and see if he could live in it for a finished with them.
year.
Mark does have a few home comforts, like cushions, a

Mark decided he didn’t want to live in a flat in the city rug, a bench. He also has a solar-powered charger
and see most of the money he earned from his job which enables him to run a laptop, but that is basically
disappear on paying for that. (11) Mark the only twenty-first-century gadget he needs. (15)
aimed to live a simple life and, as far as possible, One thing he misses is water from a tap – he has to go
avoid spending lots of money on luxuries and to the farm most days to fetch water in buckets. In the
supermarket food. So he also grew a vegetable garden summer he washes in a nearby stream, at other times
near his treehouse. he uses a watering can and bucket.
Mark built the treehouse on a farm, agreeing to do Mark has noticed that living close to nature means he
some regular work for the farmer at weekends in is much more relaxed, in contrast with his work
exchange for his free rent. The treehouse took three colleagues. When they visit his new home they say
weeks to build. (12 ) He drew up plans and they wish they’d had the same idea! Mark says that his
made sure that nothing was wasted. It was a complex year has given him a wonderful feeling of self-
feat of engineering that Mark’s university teachers confidence and happiness. (16) How much
would have been proud of, especially as much of the longer will he stay in his treehouse? ‘Well, I’ve settled
material he used was second-hand. Mark needed to down here and I intend to stick with my tree house for
keep costs to a minimum and so got material from his at least another year,’ he says.
local recycling centre in the city.
At first he was rather anxious about living there with

only a torch to provide light at night. But he soon got
used to all the sounds of the woodland and farm
animals at night. (13) He hadn’t realised quite
how hard it would be in the early stages of his project –
hunting and gathering food, cutting firewood, looking
after his vegetables. He admits that he did spend two
weeks at his parents’ house in the depths of winter.

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UNIT 7: Skills Test A

For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what

....................................... D I didn’t use the language as much as I wanted.

E I used another language with some success.

H My previous language learning wasn’t useful.

Speaker 2 2

For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) how

A not spacious enough

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C futuristic Speaker 2 7

D impressive from the outside Speaker 3 8

E great fun to be in Speaker 4 9

F rather boring Speaker 5 10

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D Instead, he wanted a cheaper way, surrounded by trees and nature.

E The house is the very opposite of high-tech!

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Mark does have a few home comforts, like cushions, a

At first he was rather anxious about living there with

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