CEPT Practice C1 Level short listening about a trainee teacher

 

You hear a trainee teacher called Susanna talking to her tutor.

1 What point does the tutor make about a teacher's attitude?

A A good teacher can put any subject across effectively.

B Students will pick up on a teacher's commitment.

C There's little point in a teacher trying to fake passion for a subject.

2 What is Susanna doing?

A complaining about her students' lack of enthusiasm

B proposing ways of making her subject more appealing

C asking for ideas about exercises her students could do 

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Man: How are you finding the teaching course, Anna? You seem to have been making good progress so far.

Woman: Yeah, I'm feeling more confident in front of my students. But I worry about whether they're inspired by the activities I do with them sometimes. I guess this is a wake-up call for me - that it's just too much to expect them to be as excited about Maths as I am.

Man: I think when a teacher's motivated, that can't fail to make an impression. You can't expect your students to love a subject unless they can see you love it yourself. Sure, your students will think you're crazy if you talk about Maths as if it were a spectator sport, but in the end your attitude will rub off on them.

Woman: I was reading about some techniques I could try in the classroom to keep their interest levels up. I've been trying to get some more hands-on stuff into my classes - you know trying things out in a practical sense rather than sticking to boring theory.

Man: Sounds like an excellent idea. Students always appreciate a teacher who goes the extra mile for them.

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CEPT Practice B2 Level Multiple-choice cloze test

PAPER

'Just (0) ..... a day without paper,' reads one advertisement for a Finnish paper company. It adds, 'You almost (1) ..... see our products every day.' And they're right. But in most industrial countries, people are so (2) ..... to paper - whether it's for holding their groceries, for drying their hands or for (3) ..... them with the daily news -that its (4) ..... in their daily lives passes largely unnoticed.

At one (5) ... .. paper was in short supply and was used mainly for important documents, but more recently, growing economies and new technologies have (6) ..... a dramatic increase in the (7) ..... of paper used. Today, there are more than 450 different grades of paper, all designed for a different (8) ..... .

Decades ago, some people predicted a 'paperless office'. (9) .... .,the widespread use of new technologies has gone hand-in-hand with an increased use of paper. Research into the relationship between paper use and the use of computers has shown that the general (10) ..... is likely to be one of growth and interdependence.

However, the costs (11) ..... in paper production, in terms of the world's land, water and air resources, are high. This (12) ..... some important questions. How much paper do we really need and how much is wasted? 

1 A positively    B obviously    c certainly   D absolutely

2 A conscious   B acquainted   c familiar     D accustomed

3 A providing    B delivering     c contributing   D giving

4 A task             B operation      c service        D role

5 A time             B instance        c date         D occasion

6 A called on     B come around   c brought about   D drawn up

7 A total        B portion                  c number      D amount

8 A point        B goal                    c purpose    D result

9 A Instead    B Besides            c Otherwise    D Alternatively

10 A method    B order             c trend         D system

11 A involved    B contained     c held        D connected

12 A puts         B raises             c gets          D places

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CEPT Practice B1 Level - Extended listening about an interview with a basketball player

 

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You will hear an interview with Helen who is a basketball player. For each question put a tick in the correct box. You will hear the recording twice.

Interviewer: Welcome to 'Sport People', the programme where we talk to people interested in different sports. Today we have in the studio Helen who plays basketball and lives in the United States with her twin sister. She's back in Britain for a holiday. Welcome Helen. Tell us, where are you living in the States?

Helen: In North Carolina. Our hobby was playing basketball and a friend of ours told us about colleges in the United States which train people in particular sports. We were both really excited at the idea so we applied and we got places because we're good at basketball.

Interviewer: So you went to the United States straight from school?

Helen: No, we had started at college in England. The lectures and everything were free there but we had to pay for our training which was really expensive. At the American college everything is free except for our accommodation. We don't pay for our courses and we get free basketball training. We actually have our own trainer.

Interviewer: And in return you play in their college team.

And what about the rest of the team? What are they like?

Helen: Fine. We get on well. We're lucky we've never had to stop playing because of injuries. Quite a few in the team have had to stop playing because they hurt themselves. We aren't very tall in comparison to the rest of the team – in fact we're the smallest, but we're just as strong as them, maybe even stronger.

Interviewer: And what's it like being a sports student?

Helen: Well, some people think because we're training and playing matches we don't have to study hard but that's not true. We study sports science and medicine as well as all the other subjects so we study harder in fact. And if we miss any of our classes we're not allowed to play in the team.

Interviewer: Oh, I nearly forgot to ask. When did you first start playing basketball?

Helen: We've been in the United States since last August and we'll be there for at least four years. But we started playing six years ago after watching our brother in matches .. He still plays and he started playing more than ten years ago. His team isn't as good as ours, of course!

Interviewer: And what about your free time?

Helen: Er, I spend most of my time studying and training. I'm not really interested in shopping like most of my friends. My sister and I get quite tired so when we have free time we usually sit in our room by ourselves watching TV. We share ·a room and we look after each other as we are so far from home.

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