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FCE Listening Test 2: visitor information, living away from home and board-game design

FCE Listening Test 2 is a free B2 First Listening practice test: 30 questions in four parts and 41 min 0 s of audio, with every recording played twice. You hear everyday conversations, a visitor-centre volunteer, experiences of living independently and an interview with a board-game designer.

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Time≈ 40 min
Audio41:00
Questions30
Voices8

What is in FCE Listening Test 2

PartTaskQuestionsWhat you hearAudio, both plays
1Multiple choice, short extracts1–8Eight unrelated situations, 8 voices13:32
2Sentence completion9–18“Helping visitors find their way”: A woman called Elena talking about volunteering at a visitor information centre.10:04
3Multiple matching19–23Five short extracts in which people talk about their first experience of living away from home. You match what each speaker learnt from the experience.8:05
4Multiple choice, interview24–30An interview with a man called Arlo, who designs board games.9:05
Total8 synthetic voices: 5 British, 1 New Zealand, 1 Australian and 1 Canadian41:00

Part 1: the situations and questions

  1. You hear a gardener explaining a new watering routine. Why has she changed her routine?
  2. You hear two friends choosing seats for an outdoor concert. Why do they choose seats near the back?
  3. You hear a customer collecting a repaired coat. What does the customer appreciate most?
  4. You hear a runner discussing a recent race. What helped him perform better?
  5. You hear a parent talking about a school open evening. What impressed her most?
  6. You hear a passenger describing a ferry journey. What does he say about the journey?
  7. You hear two students discussing a group presentation. What do they decide to change?
  8. You hear a shop assistant recommending a lunch container. Why does she recommend this container?

Part 2: the sentences you complete

  1. Volunteers wore a (9) so that visitors could identify them.
  2. During a training walk, Elena found a (10) she had not known about.
  3. The foreign language Elena used most frequently was (11).
  4. Volunteers learnt about one recommended route by travelling on a (12).
  5. Elena checked the (13) before beginning to advise visitors each day.
  6. The centre tended to be busiest at about (14).
  7. Additional leaflets were stored beneath a (15).
  8. Visitors most often asked for directions to the (16).
  9. Elena says she made the greatest progress in (17).
  10. Some visitors expressed their thanks by sending (18) after their holiday.

How it is marked

FCE Listening marking

1 mark per question. In Part 2, minor spelling slips are accepted if the word is recognisable. 18/30 is about 160 and 27/30 about 180 on Cambridge’s guidance. Scores are estimates.

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