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FCE Listening Test 3: classroom lighting, personal projects and night walks

FCE Listening Test 3 is a free B2 First Listening practice test: 30 questions in four parts and 40 min 33 s of audio, with every recording played twice. You hear practical conversations, a school lighting project, accounts of completing personal projects and a guide discussing night-time nature walks.

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Time≈ 40 min
Audio40:33
Questions30
Voices8

What is in FCE Listening Test 3

PartTaskQuestionsWhat you hearAudio, both plays
1Multiple choice, short extracts1–8Eight unrelated situations, 8 voices13:57
2Sentence completion9–18“Better light for learning”: A school caretaker called Martin talking about a project to improve classroom lighting.9:00
3Multiple matching19–23Five short extracts in which people describe what helped them finish a difficult personal project. You match what helped each speaker most.8:04
4Multiple choice, interview24–30An interview with a woman called Imani, who leads night-time nature walks.9:17
Total8 synthetic voices: 5 British, 1 Australian, 1 Canadian and 1 Irish40:33

Part 1: the situations and questions

  1. You hear a librarian and a reader discussing a reserved book. What does the librarian offer to do?
  2. You hear two friends comparing beginner dance classes. What do they value in the class they chose?
  3. You hear a student telling a friend about a desk lamp she has bought. What was the woman’s main reason for choosing it?
  4. You hear a cyclist describing a roadside repair. How does he feel about the experience?
  5. You hear a visitor talking about a sculpture trail. What particularly interested her?
  6. You hear a man and his neighbour discussing a parcel delivery. What would he like the neighbour to do?
  7. You hear a coach announcing a change to practice times. Why will practice start later next week?
  8. You hear two visitors discussing a museum’s audio guide. What did the woman find most useful?

Part 2: the sentences you complete

  1. The project followed complaints about (9) on computer screens.
  2. The team chose the (10) as the first place to test their ideas.
  3. Students used a borrowed (11) to measure light at working height.
  4. Students had to note the (12) alongside every measurement.
  5. The first improvement involved changing the position of the (13).
  6. The team installed (14) in place of the heavy dark ones.
  7. Some lamps were fitted with (15) to control when they switched off.
  8. Students produced (16) to show the room before and after the changes.
  9. Each arrangement was tested for (17) before a decision was made about it.
  10. The review will include a comparison of the school’s current (18) with the previous one.

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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