Questions 1-10

part of the country’. 
 7  garden  Distraction The woman asks if lunch is 
inside the house, but the man says it’s in the garden.
 8  farm  Distraction The man mentions the ‘city’ but is 
referring to visitors who are from the city. 
 9  forest  old = ancient
  
Distraction
 The woman refers to the forest before 
the man confirms it.
10  43  reach speeds of = how fast do you go
  
Distraction
 The first speed the man gives is in 
kilometres per hour. The woman says this doesn’t 
mean much to her, perhaps because in some 
countries they use miles per hour. He then gives the 
speed in miles per hour. 
LiSTEning PART 2 
Questions 11–20
11  B  used for farming = a place where local people 
kept animals or grew crops
 
 Distraction
 A: There were no large urban settlements 
here, just a few small villages; B: The forests had 
already been cut down. 
12  C  valuable substances = rich deposits of coal and 
other mineral; underground = mines were built so 
these deposits could be brought to the surface
  
Distraction
 A: Canal boats were used for transport, 
but there is no mention of ship building; B: Trains 
did not arrive until the 1850s.
13  A  various metal objects = all sorts of tools, 
machinery and other items out of iron and steel
  
Distraction
 B: A few factories successfully produced 
fabrics, but this wasn’t what Willford was ‘best 
known for’; C: The attempt to set up a pottery 
industry here wasn’t very successful. 
14  C  each = per
  
Distraction
: A: 9 millionth distracts for 900; B: 1976 
distracts for 7,600.
15  A location = set for historical scenes; filming = 
making movies and television shows
  
Distraction
 B: University research is mentioned, but 
not business conferences; C: Weddings and other 
private events may feature in the future. 
16  C  D is distracting, but it is not ‘right next to 
the canal’.
17  F  G is distracting, but you don’t have to walk past 
the café to get there.
18  A  B is distracting, but it is not ‘right on the summit 
of Jack’s Hill’.
19  H G is distracting, but you do not have to ‘cross the 
bridge over the canal’ to reach it.
20  E  C and D are distracting as they are on Rigby Road, 
but they are not on the corner with Staff ord Street.