Vantage Placement Assessment — Listening

Listening section for the paper-based assessment. Questions 46–60 match the printed question paper. Record your answers on paper. Play each recording manually; Recording 11 covers Questions 56–60.

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Vantage Placement Assessment — Listening

Part Two — Listening

Questions 46-60

PART TWO — LISTENING: Questions 46–60.

Listen, then answer. You may listen as many times as you wish. Recording 11 is shared by Questions 56–60; read all five before listening.

Question 46 — Recording 01

Choose the correct answer.

46. How old is he? RECORDING 01

A. He's 4 years old. B. He's 14 years old. C. He's 40 years old. D. He's 44 years old.

Question 47 — Recording 02

Choose the correct answer.

47. What are her daily routines? RECORDING 02

A. She drinks tea and catches the bus at 7:45. B. She drinks tea and catches the bus at 6:30. C. She doesn't drink tea and catches the bus at 7:45. D. She doesn't drink tea and catches the bus at 8:15.

Question 48 — Recording 03

Choose the correct answer.

Street map for pharmacy question

The cross shows where you are standing. The arrow shows the direction you are facing.

48. Where is the pharmacy? RECORDING 03

A. Building A B. Building B C. Building C D. Building D E. Building E F. Building F

Question 49 — Recording 04

Choose the correct answer.

49. What are his plans for tonight? He _____ stay out late. RECORDING 04

A. 's going to B. isn't going to C. not going to D. 's not go to

Question 50 — Recording 05

Choose the correct answer.

50. What would she like to do tonight? RECORDING 05

A. She'd rather eat at home. B. She'd rather to eat at home. C. She'd prefer eat at a restaurant. D. She'd prefer to eat at a restaurant.

Question 51 — Recording 06

Choose the correct answer.

51. Family plans. If the tickets _____ cheaper, he _____ his sister. RECORDING 06

A. are / will visit B. were / would visit C. had been / would have visited D. were / will visit

Question 52 — Recording 07

Choose the correct answer.

52. Does this reviewer agree with the outstanding reviews of the new restaurant? She _____ exactly the same _____ of view. RECORDING 07

A. doesn't have / place B. doesn't have / point C. has / place D. has / point

Question 53 — Recording 08

Choose the correct answer.

53. Why did she miss his message yesterday? She explained that _____ through an area with no signal. RECORDING 08

A. she's been driving B. she was driven C. she'd been driven D. she'd been driving

Question 54 — Recording 09

Choose the correct answer.

54. Congestion _____ managed properly by the council. RECORDING 09

A. is B. isn't C. is being D. isn't being

Question 55 — Recording 10

Choose TWO correct answers.

55. How can you respond to the problem in this phone call? RECORDING 10

A. I'm so sorry — please just focus on your mother, we'll cover the session. B. I'm sorry you have to get up so early. C. I'm sorry to hear that. D. Well, these things happen. Let me know when you're free again.

SHARED AUDIO — QUESTIONS 56–60 — RECORDING 11

Listen to this recording to answer ALL FIVE questions: 56, 57, 58, 59 and 60. Read all five questions before you play the audio.

The recording above is shared by Questions 56–60. A woman asks her brother about his cricket club.

56. He thinks the committee have been _____. RECORDING 11

A. inconsiderate B. hypocritical C. indecisive D. inconsistent

Question 57 — Recording 11

Write your answer.

57. What would he like to do at the next meeting, even though it is unlikely? He’d like to _____ from the committee. RECORDING 11. Clue: r _ _ _ _ _ (one word)

Question 58 — Recording 11

Choose the correct answer.

58. How does he feel about the extra term? Complete his words: “_____ I hadn’t _____ for another term.” RECORDING 11

A. If only / volunteered B. Only if / volunteered C. If only / declined D. Only if / declined

Question 59 — Recording 11

Choose the correct answer.

59. He is describing how he reacts to problems, and he would like to be more _____. RECORDING 11

A. thin-skinned B. thick-skinned C. thick-headed D. thin-lipped

Question 60 — Recording 11

Choose the correct answer.

60. What would he like to do this evening? He’d like to _____. RECORDING 11

A. let his hair down B. put his feet up C. paint the town red D. have a night on the tiles

Final Result

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