Advanced Plus (Kids B1+) test

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You will hear a radio interview with a young singer called Mandy.

1 Mandy started working as a DJ

2 What does Mandy say about her singing career?

3 What is Mandy’s new song about?

4 How does Mandy feel about her new CD?

5 Mandy’s favourite songs are those which

6 In the future, Mandy plans to

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You will hear a man called Phil Lamb telling a group of students about his work as a TV news presenter.

1 Phil's first job after university was on local

2 Before presenting the new, Phil looks through the day's

3 Phil says that he's very careful about which he wears

4 Phil sometimes finds the names of some difficult to say correctly.

5 Phil enjoys presenting news on the topic of

6 Phil would like to be a in the future

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You will hear a boy telling his friend about a rock-climbing trip.
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You will hear two friends talking about a book they’ve read.
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You will hear two friends talking about a concert they have been to.
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Play to win
16-year-old Harry Moore writes about his hobby, tennis.

My parents have always loved tennis and they’re members of a tennis club. My older brother was really good at it and they supported him – taking him to lessons all the time. So I guess when I announced that I wanted to be a tennis champion when I grew up I just intended for them to notice me. My mother laughed. She knew I couldn’t possibly be serious, I was just a 4-year-old kid!

Later, I joined the club’s junior coaching group and eventually took part in my first proper contest, confident that my team would do well. We won, which was fantastic, but I wasn’t so successful. I didn’t even want to be in the team photo because I didn’t feel I deserved to be. When my coach asked what happened in my final match, I didn’t know what to say. I couldn’t believe I’d lost – I knew I was the better player. But every time I attacked, the other player defended brilliantly. I couldn’t explain the result.

After that, I decided to listen more carefully to my coach because he had lots of tips. I realised that you need the right attitude to be a winner. On court I have a plan but sometimes the other guy will do something unexpected so I’ll change it. If I lose a point, I do my best to forget it and find a way to win the next one.

At tournaments, it’s impossible to avoid players who explode in anger. Lots of players can be negative – including myself sometimes. Once I got so angry that I nearly broke my racket! But my coach has helped me develop ways to control those feelings. After all, the judges have a hard job and you just have to accept their decisions.

My coach demands that I train in the gym to make sure I’m strong right to the end of a tournament. I’m getting good results: my shots are more accurate and I’m beginning to realise that with hard work there’s a chance that I could be a champion one day.

1 Harry thinks he said that he was going to be a tennis champion in order to

2 How did Harry feel after his first important competition?

3 What does Harry try to remember when he’s on the court?

4 What does Harry say about his behaviour in tournaments?

5 What might a sports journalist write about Harry now?

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This car runs on chocolate!

Scientists have built a 300kph racing car that uses chocolate as a fuel! The project is to show how car-making could environmentally friendly. The car meets all racing car apart from its fuel. This is a mixture of waste chocolate and vegetable oil, and such ‘biofuels’ are not in the sport yet. It has to be mixed with normal fuel so that all parts of the car keep working.

Carrots and other root vegetables were used to make some parts inside and outside the car. Even the mirrors are made from potatoes! The sides of the car a mixture of natural materials from plants as well as other recycled materials.

The project is still young, so the scientists have not yet found out how ‘green’ the car is. They are planning many experiments to compare its against that of normal racing cars.

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