1. For questions 1-8, choose the best answers (A,B or C)

1. You hear part of an interview with a crime writer.
   What does he say about his home town?
   A It was a good backgroung for writing he does.
   B He genereally feels incomfortable returning there.
   C People there tend to treat him differently now.
2. You hear a careers adviser talking to a woman who has applied for two jobs.
   What suggestion does she make?
   A find out more information about the first job
   B withdraw the application for the second job
   C ask the first company to be flexible
3. You hear a girl talking about a psychology textbook.
   What does she say about it?
   A It is not very interesting
   B It is good value for money
   C It is going to come in useful
4. You hear the mother of a famous skier talking about a competition.
   She says that her daughter
   A expected to win the competition
   B didn´t tell her mother she was entering
   C gave up her job to practise for it
5. You hear a film direcot talking about the actors she works with.
   How does she feel about the actors in her current film?
   A She sympathises with their problems.
   B She admires the sacrifices they make.
   C She approves of their attitudes.
6. You hear a man talking about his first job interview.
   How did he feel during the interview?
   A confident that he was right for the job
   B embarrased because of the long silences
   C relieved he could answer most of the questions
7. You hear two friends taking about a popular television programme.
   What is the programme about?
   A retirement
   B cookery
   C teaching
8. You hear two people talking about a place they have visited.
   What kind of place is it?
   A a museum
   B a library
   C a shop