Cambridge B1 Preliminary Listening practice test 1

Questions 1 to 7 For each question, choose the correct answer.

1. What did the man buy for his baby daughter?

A) a pushchair

B) a car seat

C) a baby blanket

2. What time will the swimming lesson start next week?

A) a clock showing four o'clock

B) a clock showing half past four

C) a clock showing five o'clock

3. Where did the woman find her phone?

A) a kitchen table

B) a handbag

C) a car

4. What present will the girl buy for Emma's new baby?

A) a soft toy rabbit

B) a picture book

C) a pair of baby shoes

5. How much will the man pay for the museum tickets?

A) £16

B) £20

C) £24

6. How will the woman travel to work tomorrow?

A) by bike

B) by train

C) by bus

7. Which job does the boy's father want him to do first?

A) cut the grass

B) wash the car

C) tidy his bedroom

Questions 8 to 13 For each question, choose the correct answer.

8. You will hear two friends talking about a news story that the woman read online. What does the woman say about it?

A) She passed it on before checking if it was true

B) It came from a website she normally trusts

C) Most people who commented on it believed it

9. You will hear two colleagues talking about a cooking class they went to. They think the class would be better if

A) there were fewer people in each group

B) it went on for longer

C) the ingredients were provided

10. You will hear a man telling a friend about a job interview he had. How does he feel about it?

A) relieved that it is finally over

B) worried about one of his answers

C) surprised at how long it lasted

11. You will hear two friends talking about a photography exhibition the woman visited. What does the woman think about the exhibition?

A) It had too many visitors

B) It explained too little

C) It cost too much to enter

12. You will hear two friends talking about a walk they did in the hills. They agree that the walk was difficult because

A) the weather changed suddenly

B) the path wasn't clearly marked

C) they were carrying too much

13. You will hear two friends talking about learning Spanish with a phone app. The woman wants the man to

A) change to a different app

B) practise speaking with her

C) set a regular time to study

Questions 14 to 19 For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one or two words or a number or a date or a time. You will hear {speaker_line}.

14. Maya first found out about the volunteer trip from a {{14}}.

15. Each volunteer had to bring their own {{15}}.

16. On the first morning, Maya's job was to record the {{16}} every hour.

17. The scientist said the whales' clicks are similar to human {{17}}.

18. Maya saw whales on {{18}} of the seven days.

19. Maya now gives talks about the trip at her local {{19}}.

Questions 20 to 25 For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear an interview with a woman called Hannah Price, who runs a small company making chocolate from the whole cocoa fruit.

20. Hannah first became interested in using cocoa fruit because

A) she tasted it on a visit to a farm

B) customers asked her for chocolate without sugar

C) she read an article about wasted food

21. At the beginning, what was the most difficult thing about using the cocoa fruit?

A) keeping it fresh on the journey to the UK

B) making the chocolate taste sweet enough

C) finding farmers who wanted to sell it

22. How did Hannah feel when she first sold her chocolate at a market?

A) worried that people wouldn't like the taste

B) surprised by who enjoyed it most

C) disappointed that people thought it was too expensive

23. What helped Hannah's company to grow?

A) A local café began selling her chocolate

B) She won a prize at a food fair

C) A food blogger wrote about her chocolate

24. What does Hannah think is the most important thing about her chocolate?

A) It contains less sugar than ordinary chocolate

B) It uses part of the fruit that is usually thrown away

C) It means farmers can earn more money

25. Why is Hannah planning to run chocolate-making classes?

A) to let people try some new flavours

B) to show people where chocolate really comes from

C) to find another way of earning money for the business