Centre Number Candidate Number Name

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Paper 4 Listening
October/November 2004
Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Approx. 45 minutes
Additional Materials: As listed in Instructions to Supervisors

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Dictionaries are not permitted.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE

If you have been given a label, look at the
details. If any details are incorrect or Part 1
missing, please fill in your correct details in
the space given at the top of this page. Part 2

Stick your personal label here, if provided. Part 3

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Part 1

Questions 1-6

For questions 1-6 you will hear a series of short sentences. Answer each question on the line
provided. Your answer should be as brief as possible.

You will hear each item twice.

1 Why is the plane late?

[1]

2 Charleen wants to visit the castle. What must she find first?

[1]

3 Martin is boarding his train to Milan, but where must he be sure to sit and why?

[2]

4 Which is the best place for Mariam to purchase a drink and a snack?

[1]

5 John has arrived for his sailing lesson. Why was sailing cancelled?

[1]

6 Ben is returning to the Maldives after a 12-month stay in Namibia. What do his friends
decide to do for him and why?

[2]

[Total: 8]

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Part 2: Exercise One (Question 7)

Listen to the following interview with a young orchestra conductor, and then fill in the details below.

You will hear the interview twice.

CAREER PROFILE: ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR

Name: Georg Ramon

Key task: checks instruments and players are [1]

Size of orchestra: to musicians [1]

Conductor's interpretation: own ideas on how a piece should be

[1]

How to conduct: hand movements

baton

facial expressions

[1]

Own instrument: [1]

Education: University degree in music

then at music college [1]

Ambition: to make music for everyone [1]

[Total: 7]

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Part 2: Exercise Two (Question 8)

Listen to the following interview about rose growing in Kenya, and then fill in the details below.

You will hear the interview twice.

ROSE FARM

Location: Kenya, by Lake Nakuru [1]

Purpose: home grown roses to whole [1]

Size of farm in hectares: 35

Weekly flower harvest: stems [1]

Climate: two seasons, plentiful water from lake,

good , [1]

cool nights

Altitude: above sea level [1]

70 day cycle: preparation of beds, , caring, [1]

Employees: 3 for roses [1]

Flowers picked at: 7 a.m. [1]

Help to community: provides [1]

[Total: 9]

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Part 3: Exercise One (Question 9)

Listen to the following interview about Istanbul in Turkey, and then answer the questions below.

You will hear the interview twice.

(a) What is the job of the person being interviewed?

[1]

(b) What is special about the location of Istanbul?

[1]

(c) What does Ms Nas feel about the old part of the city?

[1]

(d) What are we told about the Blue Mosque and the Cathedral? Give one fact about each.

[1]

(e) In which year did the bazaar start, and how large has it become?

[1]

(f) What does Ms Nas wish to do before finishing the tour?

[1]

[Total: 6]

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Part 3: Exercise Two (Question 10)

Listen to the following interview with a Formula One driver from India, and then answer the
questions below.

You will hear the interview twice.

(a) What did the driver need to do before he was able to pursue his career?

[1]

(b) What is the driver’s fastest speed?

[1]

(c) At what point of the race did he achieve his fastest speed?

[1]

(d) What mechanical problem did he encounter with his car in India?

[1]

(e) Give two reasons why his accident happened.

[1]

(f) What reason does he give for having always worked so hard?

[1]

[Total: 6]

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