CEPT Practice B2 Level Listen and select about sound engineers

 

The mistake people make about sound engineers is to think that 

A they spend most of their time working indoors.

B their job is the same as that of a disc jockey. 

C they are responsible for the quality of the music.

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Audioscript

Presenter: In our series about careers in the arts, I’m talking today to Martin Holloway, who is a sound engineer. Martin, tell us how you spend your time.

Martin: Good morning, Jake. Well, each event I do is different, but I usually set up the equipment before the show, do the sound checks and look after the sound during the performance. Of course it’s not my fault if the band isn’t very good and what you hear is out of tune or something. People sometimes call me a disc jockey but I have to explain it’s so much more than that. This weekend, I’m working at a music festival and I mostly work out of doors. There’s lots of outdoor work if you want it, as we can also work on films and TV.

Answer = B

CEPT Practice B2 Level multiple choice gap fill about welcome guests

 

Welcome guests? 

My wife Penny and I usually love to entertain our friends but we will never invite my old friend Fred and his wife Kate again! We are currently (1)____ from the weekend they spent with us. We've known them both since our school (2)___ So although we rarely see them, you'd think we'd have a fairly (3)____ idea of what sort of people they were. However, we discovered that our lives have (4)____ very different directions. 

We have good jobs but they are very (5)____ and we work long hours. At weekends we try to snatch a few moments of (6)____ in between catching up with the housework. Kate and Fred are postgraduate students and they live with his parents. His mother cooks their (7)____ meals for them and does all their washing. So they (8)____ weekends as leisure time and never think of offering to help with daily chores. By the time they left, we were both cross and worn out! 

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A repairing B recovering C revising D retiring 

2 

A terms B days C times D ages 

3 

A fine B strong C good D right 

4 

A taken B left C chosen D gone 

5 

A exhausted B tired C demanding D caring 

6 

A extension B relaxation C expression D reflection 

7 

A major B essential C key D main 

8 

A regard B believe C think D expect

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1 B 

2 B 

3 C 

4 A 

5 C 

6 B 

7 D 

8 A

CEPT Practice B2 Level Read and select about a woman at number 20

 

The woman at number 20 was no doubt mindful of a crime prevention circular she had received very recently and said that she would expect them to know whether she had a water meter if they were genuine employees of the water company. The tall man from the van showed a card to the sceptical woman, which seemed to satisfy her. She went into her house and left them to it. The three men busied themselves in the driveway of number 18. They raised a manhole cover, then one man got a toolbox from the van, went round the side of the house and into the back garden. After a few minutes the front door opened and he appeared at it, signalling to his colleagues. The tall man closed the manhole cover, took another toolbox from the van and went to the doorstep. He glanced around, then he also entered the house, leaving the front door ajar. The third man reversed the van into the driveway. 

What does 'it' in line 8 (line 4 in the video) refer to? 

A the tall man's card 

B the driveway of number 18 

C the house next door 

D the work they had to do 

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The correct answer is letter D.