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E. LISTENING
Exercise 1: Match the numbers (1-5) with the definitions (A-E)

1. 68% A. a ratio (e.g. 5:2)

2. 5.5 B. a temperature
3. 8: 1 C. a percentage
4. ¾ D. a decimal number
5. 34 (degrees) E. a fraction

Exercise 2: Listen and write down the missing numbers (Track 1.1)

1. 13% - 84% - 60% __51%___ ___17%___ ___48%___

2. 8.25 – 2.1 – 18.7 __40.6___ ___15.33__ ___20.8___
3. 9:6 – 10:1 – 20:3 ___5:2___ ___18:4___ ___100:1__
4. 2/3 – 4/5 – 1/2 ___1/4___ ___9/10____ ___7/8____
5. 24 (degrees) – 41 (degrees) – 10 (degrees) __14 degrees__ _-7 degrees_ _30 degrees___

Exercise 3: Listen to how we say these long numbers (Track 1.2)

a. 570 b. 908 c. 4,731 d. 1,430 e. 77,009
f. 18,091 g. 907,790 h. 665,925 i. 2,840,000 j. 68,036,876

Exercise 4: Listen carefully and underline the numbers you hear on the recording. (Track 1.3)

1. a. 512 2. a. 115 3. a. 745

b. 520 b. 116 b. 743
c. 521 c. 160 c. 735
4. a. 8,950 5. a. 4,682 6. a. 5,700
b. 8,590 b. 4,692 b. 5,070
c. 9,850 c. 4,629 c. 5,770
7. a. 20,101 8. a. 64,234 9. a. 19,409
b. 21, 201 b. 64,324 b. 90,490
c. 21, 110 c. 60,434 c. 90,409
10. a. 305,350 11. a. 894,278 12. a. 570,367
b. 350,305 b. 809,428 b. 517,367
c. 300,530 c. 849,478 c. 570,357
13. a. 1,100,573 14. a. 5,690,000 15. a. 7,542,104
b. 1,010,573 b. 5,619,000 b. 7,524,140
c. 1,001,573 c. 5,609,000 c. 7,949,104
16. a. 3,420,022 17. a. 45,689,607 18. a. 12,000,500
b. 3,412,002 b. 4,568,967 b. 12,050,503
c. 3,422,202 c. 40,568,607 c. 11,050,503

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Exercise 5: In this section, you will have to circle the letter of the answer that you hear and
then fill in a table.
5A. Look at questions 1-7. (Track 1.4)

1. How many students have an account with the bank? (The proportion of students in in the
darker shade)
a b c

Answer: a

2. The maximum amount the student can borrow without paying interest is
a. £250 ü
b. £215
c. £520

3. There is a minimum yearly interest payment of

A=

4. If the student borrows more than £1,000 the interest rises to

a. 5%
b. 1.6% ü
c. 0.6%

Saver accounts
Annual Percentage Duration
Short Term Saver
2.75% (5) 1 year
Medium Term Saver (6) 3.7 % 2 years

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Long Term Saver

(7) 4.15 % 5 years

5B. Now look at the following section and fill in the missing information as you listen. Write
NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (Track 1.5)

Background Information

National Insurance Number : (8) PL 348600 H

Driver’s License: NA

Passport Number: (9) 943002939

Deposit: (10) £855

Other Account Number: (11) 56306672

Phone Number: (12) 258476

Exercise 6: Complete the definitions. Use the words in the box.
behavior coast dangerous marine rare sociable wild

1. Animals that live in forests, the jungle and mountains, and do not live at home as pets are
____wild______ animals. (adj.)
2. We say that an animal is _____rare___ when there are only a few still alive in the world.
(adj.)
3. A ____marine_____ animal lives only in the sea, for example, a dolphin or a shark. (adj.)
4. A ______sociable___ person or animal likes being with others, rather than being alone. (adj.)
5. Lions, tigers or sharks can harm you, so these animals are ___dangerous____, not safe. (adj.)
6. The _____coast_______ is the area of land next to the sea. (noun)
7. When scientists study the ___behavior____ of animals, they find out what they eat, when
they sleep and how they communicate. (noun)

exercise 7: Listen to two students talking about an ecology project on Maui dolphins.
(Track 1.6)
1. Anne has asked Tom to help her with her dolphin project because
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o he is in the same class as Anne.

o he is an expert on dolphins.
o he once did a similar project to Anne. ü

2. How long is an adult male Maui dolphin?

o 1.5 meters ü
o 1 meter
o 1.7 meters

3. Where are Maui dolphins found in New Zealand?

o around most of the coast of the North Island
o around the west coast of the North Island ü
o around the whole coast of the South Island

4. The population of Maui dolphins is now likely to be

o around 100
o well over 500
o less than 50 ü

5. What do Anne and Tom agree is typical behavior for Maui dolphins?
o They prefer to live with many other Maui dolphins. ü
o They often choose to follow boats to catch fish more easily.
o They are friendly towards people who swim near them.

6. How far along the coastline do Maui dolphins swim?

o 40 kilometers
o 50 kilometers
o 30 kilometers ü

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LISTENING SCRIPT
Exercise 2:
1. 13% - 84% - 60% - 51% - 17% - 48%
2. 8.25 – 2.1 – 18.7 – 40.6 – 15.33 – 20.8
3. 9:6 – 10:1 – 20:3 – 5:2 – 18:4 – 100:1
4. 2/3 – 4/5 – ½ - ¼ - 9/10 – 7/8
5. 24 (degrees) 41 (degrees) 10 (degrees) 14 (degrees) – 7 (degrees) 30 (degrees)

Exercise 4:

1. 521 2. 160 3. 743

4. 8,950 5. 4,692 6. 5,770
7. 20,101 8. 64,324 9. 90,409
10. 300,530 11. 894,278 12. 570,367
13. 1,010,573 14. 5,609,000 15. 7,524,140
16. 3,420,022 17. 40,568,607 18. 12,000,500

Exercise 5:
5A.
You will hear a man talking to bank clerk about opening a new account
First you will have some time to look at question 1 – 7.
[pause the recording for 30 seconds]
Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 – 7.
A: Hello Mr. Preswick. Please take a seat. So you’re interested in opening a student account with us.
B: Yes, that’s right. You were recommended as the best option in the Student Union Gazette.
A: Thank you. That’s good to know. We’re pleased to say that (I) just down to looking at some of
details on the form you sent us. Now, you said here that you wanted to open a student account, but
you might also want to keep in mind other more long-term ones. Perhaps it’s not terribly relevant
right now but you may have noticed that we offer highly competitive interest rates on longer-term
investments.
B: I’m afraid I haven’t had much time to read it what with moving house and keeping up with my
coursework.
A: Well, there’s a minimum charge of (3) 0.5% interest per annum on the amount you borrow up to
sum of a thousand pounds, which is favorable in comparison to rates in other banks, and then it
increases to (4) 1.6% if you exceed this limit. Naturally, you would have to talk with us before you
reached that point.
B: Basically, they are all savings account which means you won’t be able to withdraw your money
without a penalty, but the longer you keep your money in the more interest we offer. The main three
accounts are the Short-Term Saver which lasts for (5) a year and Term Saver at yearly rate of (6)
3.7% and lastly, if you can leave your money in for five years, you get back our highest rate of (7)
4.15%. That’s our long-term option.
B: I’ll remember that for future reference when I’ve got enough money to save.

5B.
Before listening to the rest of the conversation, you now have some time to look at questions 8-
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[Pause the recording for 30 seconds]

Now answer questions 8-12.
A: Right now. I noticed that we have a few gaps in our information.
B: Yeah, that’s because I couldn’t fine the right documents at the time. I’d just moved house you see.
But I’ve listed all the relevant numbers here.
A: Good. Let’s start with your National Insurance Number.
B: Do you want me to read it out for you? My writing isn’t very clear.
A: Yes, go ahead.
B: It’s (8) PL 348600 H.
A: I’ve got that. And do you have an ID, like a driver’s license or a passport?
B: Yes, my passport.
A: Could you read out the number please?
B: Sure. It’s (9) 943002939.
A: Good, we’ve finished that section. So let’s move on to the next one, shall we? It says here that
you’re making a deposit of (10) £855 to begin with. Is that right?
B: Yeah. I’m transferring it from my other account for young savers. Oh, by the way, I want to keep
that one open because my dad pays money into it. All my sponsorship money will be paid into my
student account.
A: Any idea how much?
B: Not yet, but I should know by Friday.
A: That’s fine. But I’ll need the number of your other account.
B: Uh… here it is (11) 56306672.
A: Right. That seems to be almost everything. The only thing that’s missing now is your phone
number.
B: Okay. It’s (12) 258476.
A: Is that a local number?
B: Yeah, that’s right.
A: Thank you very much, Mr Preswick. We’ll be sending you your new debit card through the post
in the next five working days. Now, have you got any more questions…

Exercise 7:

Announcer: You will hear an ecology student called Anne talking to someone called Tom, who is
helping her with her project on dolphins.

Anne: Hi, Tom. Thanks so much for agreeing to help me with my dolphin project. I hope you don’t
mind that I asked you.
Tom: No problem, Anne. I remember when I was in my first year at university – it was always good
to get as much help as possible.
Anne: Yes, I can’t believe how quickly my first year is going. There’s so much work to finish off.
Does it get any easier in the second year?
Tom: Not in my experience, no!
Anne: Anyway, I wanted to do a project on the Maui dolphin because it’s so rare. And my tutor told
me that you’d done the same thing last year – I mean, you’d studied the Maui dolphin off the coast of
New Zealand, and written about it and given a presentation on it too, like I have to now. That’s why I
thought you’d be the best person to talk to.
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Tom: Well, I wouldn’t say that I know everything about the Maui dolphin – but I can probably tell
you a few things about it.
Anne: Well, that’s great. Thanks so much. Um, the first thing I wanted to check – because I keep
seeing different information about it – is the length of the Maui dolphin. I think young dolphins –
they’re about a meter when they’re a year old, aren’t they?
Tom: Yes, about that. But an adult dolphin is bigger – the males grow up to 1.5 meters in length,
eventually. Still pretty small for a dolphin.
Anne: And the females are larger than the males, I think? They can reach 1.7 merers, I read.
Tom: That’s correct.
Anne: OK, I’ll just write that down.
Tom: Are you going to say something in your project about where you can find Maui dolphins?
Have you ever seen one?
Anne: You mean along the west coast of the North Island? I’m afraid I haven’t had a chance to go
there yet. I grew up in the South Island and I only came to the North Island to go to university. And
as you know, even though we have other types of dolphin all along the coast of the South Island, we
don’t ever see Maui dolphins there.
Tom: Well, I think you’d be quite lucky to see one. Even if you did take a trip out there on a boat.
Anne: Yes, that’s the problem, isn’t it? That their population is so small.
Tom: About ten years ago, there were approximately 100 Maui dolphins still alive.
Anne: But now scientists believe that number has really dropped. They counted just under 50 this
year. It’s terrible.
Tom: Yes, the situation is worse than they expected. We can’t be sure that the Maui dolphin won’t
disappear completely until numbers increase to 500 – and that doesn’t seem likely at the moment.
Anne: Unfortunately not. Now, I should say something about their typical behaviour, I suppose.
Tom: Well, they’re certainly very sociable animals. In the past, when their population size was
much, much bigger, there were about 30 dolphins in a group – and they’d play and swim together.
That’s unlike other kinds of dolphin that only travel in pairs or with a few others.
Anne: Yes, that’s true. And something that’s perhaps different about them, too, is that, in general,
they tend to avoid boats. They’re frightened of them.
Tom: And so they should be. One of the biggest problems for Maui dolphins is that when people use
a particular type of fishing net – when they throw the net off the side of the boat and just leave it in
the ocean – then the Maui dolphins sometimes swim into the net and they can’t get out again.
Anne: I don’t think most people who go fishing would want to hurt a dolphin.
Tom: No, but sometimes their behavior is dangerous. They should remember that we have to share
the water with dolphins and whales and other animals.
Anne: Yes, we do. Oh, I’ve got one more thing I need to check with you. How far along the
coastline do Maui dolphins swim?
Tom: Good question. Well, they’re actually quite fast for a small dolphin. They only go up to about
50 kilos in weight. Their top speed is about 40 kilometers per hour. But scientists think they only
swim a distance of about 30 kilometers – up and down the same part of the coast – just staying in a
fairly small area.
Anne: I see. Well, you’d think that it would be easy for the government to do more to protect them
but …

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LISTENING SCRIPT
Exercise 2:
6. 13% - 84% - 60% - 51% - 17% - 48%
7. 8.25 – 2.1 – 18.7 – 40.6 – 15.33 – 20.8
8. 9:6 – 10:1 – 20:3 – 5:2 – 18:4 – 100:1
9. 2/3 – 4/5 – ½ - ¼ - 9/10 – 7/8
10. 24 (degrees) 41 (degrees) 10 (degrees) 14 (degrees) – 7 (degrees) 30 (degrees)

Exercise 4:

1. 521 2. 160 3. 743

4. 8,950 5. 4,692 6. 5,770
7. 20,101 8. 64,324 9. 90,409
10. 300,530 11. 894,278 12. 570,367
13. 1,010,573 14. 5,609,000 15. 7,524,140
16. 3,420,022 17. 40,568,607 18. 12,000,500

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