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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS
BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE
---Vantage
Test of Listening
Time
Approximately 40 minutes (including 10
minutes
’
transfer time)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until
you are told to do so.
Write your name,
Centre number and candidate number in the spaces
at the top of this
page and on your
answer sheet if they are not already there.
Listen to the instructions for each
part of the paper carefully.
Answer all
the questions.
While you are listening,
write your answers on the question paper.
You will have 10 minutes at the end of
the test to copy your answers onto the separate
answer sheet. Use a pencil.
At the end of the test, hand in both
this question paper and your answer sheet.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
There are three parts to the test.
Each question carries one mark.
You will hear each piece twice.
For each part of the test there will be
time for you to look through the questions and
time for you to check your answers.
PART ONE
Questions 1-12
?
You will hear three telephone
conversations or messages.
?
Write
one
or
two
words
or
a
number
in
the
numbered
spaces
on
the
notes
or
forms
below.
?
You will
hear each recording twice.
Conversation One
(Questions
1-4)
?
Look at
the note below.
?
You will hear a man leaving a message
about deliveries for one of his
company
’
s
suppliers.
1
Telephone Message
Date:
10
December
UPS ,FedEx , DHL, EMS
Name
of caller:
Gupta Ramesh
Company:
Morgan and Turnbull
Re:
New delivery arrangements
Drivers to use the (1) ______________
gate (Station Road).
(2) ________ will
arrive by courier tomorrow (place inside
windscreen).
There will be no more (3)
_________ access to the yard.
Drivers
to go first to the (4) ___________ prior to
checking in.
Conversation Two
(Questions
5-8)
?
Look at
the form below.
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You will hear a woman phoning an
architect to discuss a problem with a building
project.
Bauer
and Schmidt Architecture
Client Request
Client:
Speedlink
–
Antonia Radford
Project:
Factory extension
Problem:
*
installation of the (5) _______________ is running
late
* delay
at
the
supplier
’
s due to
a problem with
(6) _________
at
the factory
*
Speedlink can
’
t use the (7)
______ till everything is complete
Action:
*
contract allows claim for (8) _____ so
tell builders Speedlink will
now demand
that
Conversation Three
(Questions 9-12)
?
Look at the
notes below.
?
You
will
hear
a
woman
giving
feedback
to
a
colleague
on
his
presentation
at
a
conference.
Kim
’
s feedback on
my conference presentation
?
Try to shorten the (9)
________________________.
?
Choose a bigger (10) _______________
for use in a large hall.
?
Avoid getting in front of the (11)
________________.
?
Cut down the
amount of (12) ________ during the
presentation.
PART TWO
Questions 13-22
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