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4 Students’ own answers
Listening Part 1:1
1 1 B 2 C 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 C
narrator: 
 Track 1, Listening Part 1, 
worksheet 1
narrator:  you will hear three different extracts. 
For questions 1–6, choose the answer 
(A, B or C) which fits best according 
to what you hear. There are two 
questions for each extract. 
 
Extract One. you hear two friends 
discussing the topic of reading books 
in printed or electronic form. now 
look at questions one and two.
woman: 
What are you reading?
Man: 
It’s a novel … . quite gripping. Seeing me 
reading on my phone screen you’d never 
know what it was, would you? Anyway, it’s 
nothing too cultured … It being electronic 
is a plus if you don’t want people to see 

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easily what you’re reading … . I mean, if 
it isn’t some great work of literature but 
something a bit trashy!
woman:
E-books have cured my terrible habit. I 
tend to skip bits. Especially if it’s a thriller. 
I’ll rush on, maybe 20 pages from where I 
am in the plot, just to give myself an idea 
of the ending. It can really spoil it though. 
But, I haven’t figured out how to do it on 
this electronic reader.
Man:
These electronic books sure beat carrying 
heavy books around, and if you decide 
you’d like a particular book you can 
just get it immediately, as long as you 
have a Wi-fi connection. Though, there’s 
something about turning the pages and 
having a book in my hand that feels right. 
woman:
And if you love a book, it stays on your 
shelf, like an old friend you can stop by 
and visit whenever you like.