CEPT Practice A2 Level Long Listening about computers

 

Listen to Lisa talking to her friend Robert about computers. For each question, choose the right answer (A, B or C).

1 Where did Lisa buy her laptop?

A Bridge Street

B Green Street

C High Street

2 The most useful website was

A buy_a_computer.com

B computers_and_phones.com

C new_laptop.com

3 Lisa’s new laptop weighs

A one kilogramme.

B 1.5 kilogrammes.

C two kilogrammes.

4 How much did Lisa pay for her laptop?

A £579

B £699

C £849

5 Why did Lisa buy a new laptop?

A to talk to her brother

B to shop online

C to study

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Robert: Hi Lisa. How are you?

Lisa: Tired! I went to bed at midnight, so I need a coffee!

Robert: Were you writing text messages to your friends again?

Lisa: No! My sister Paula’s written a blog about her trip to Australia. I was reading it. The photos look amazing on my new laptop.

Robert: Really? I need to buy a new computer. Where did you get it?

Lisa: In town. I went to the store on the High Street and I also looked in Green’s Computer Store on Park Avenue but they were very expensive, so I bought it in the little shop on Bridge Street.

Robert: How did you choose it?

Lisa: Well, first of all, I looked at some web pages on my phone. There wasn’t much information on ‘New laptop dot com’ but ‘Buy a computer dot com’ was great. 

Robert: If I buy a laptop, I’ll have to take it to university with me every day. Is yours heavy?

Lisa: No, it’s one and a half kilogrammes, but my old one was three kilogrammes. I carried it in my backpack every day. The best ones these days are only one kilogramme!

Robert: Wow! Was the one you bought expensive?

Lisa: Well, the one I really wanted cost £849!

Robert: Really?

Lisa: Yes, but I didn’t get it. The shop assistant also showed me one for £579 but it didn’t have a very big memory. I spent £699 in the end.

Robert: Are you going to use it at university too?

Lisa: Yes, that’s why I bought it. I’m going to need it for my course next year! But first I’m going to help my brother to improve the website for his camera shop. He’s got one, but it’s awful!

Robert: Cool! That sounds interesting!

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CEPT Practice C2 level open cloze test about Queen Victoria (1 minute to answer)

 

QUEEN VICTORIA 

Victoria first learned of her future role as a princess (0) during a history lesson when she was 10 years old. (1) .................................................... four decades later, Victoria's governess recalled that the future queen reacted to the discovery (2) ....................... declaring, "I will be good". This combination of earnestness and egotism marked Victoria (3) .................... a child of the age that bears her name. (4) .................... was an era of industrialisation and colonial expansion (5) ........................ had not happened before. By the end of her reign, about a third of the known world was (6) .................. her rule. (7) ............................. , the queen herself was resistant to technological change (8) ................................ while mechanical and technological innovation was reshaping the face of European civilization. (9) ................................... Significantly, Victoria was a queen determined to retain political power; yet she presided (10) ..................... the transformation of the sovereign's political role into a ceremonial (11) ......................... and thus helped to preserve the English monarchy. When Victoria became queen, the political role of the crown was by (12) ......................... means clear or defined; nor (13) ............................ the permanence of the throne (14) ............................. When she died, the change in the monarch's roles was one of social (15) ............................ than of political focus. 

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1. Over / Nearly / Almost

2. by

3. as

4. It

5. which

6. under

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8. even

9. Most

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11. one

12. no

13. was

14. itself

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CEPT Practice C1 level Open cloze test about Doodling is Good (1minute to answer)

 

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

Doodling Is Good

The next time you are caught doodling, that is making unconscious or unfocused drawings (1) _____ you should be listening, declare that you are simply trying to boost your concentration. Recent research suggests that, (2) ____ than something to be frowned on, doodling should be actively encouraged because it improves our ability to pay attention. A study which compared (3) ____ well people remembered details of a dull speech found that people who doodled throughout retained much more information than those trying to concentrate on listening.

Doodling, however, is not the same as daydreaming. It is quite common (4) ____ people to start daydreaming when they are stuck in a boring lecture (5) ____ listening to a tedious discussion, and then to pay little attention to what is (6) _____ on around them. But the research suggests that doodling should no (7) _____ be considered an unnecessary distraction. Not (8) _____ is doodling sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting our task performance, it may actually help keep us (9) _____ track with a boring task.

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