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                Session Three: 2006 

 

 

                                                        

           

      Tape Script  

                  

Level A1

 

 
 
 
 

L29000

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
RUBRIC:  

Welcome to the London Tests of English Level A1. The theme of this test is 
Going to the Doctor. The test lasts one hour and fifteen minutes. There are 
five tasks. Tasks One and Two are listening. You must listen to the tape and 
write your answers in this booklet. Good luck!  

  
Task One:  

Alex Helps His Sister  

 

Alex is helping his sister, Lucy. Listen to the conversation, read the 
questions and look at the pictures. For each question, put a cross in the 
box below the correct picture, as in the example.  

   

You will hear the conversation twice. Do as much as you can the first time 
and finish your work the second time.   

  

You have one minute to read the questions and look at the pictures.  

  
[ONE MINUTE PAUSE]  
  

Listen carefully. The conversation starts now.  

  
[TONE BEEP]  
  
[FIVE SECOND PAUSE] 

  
 
Lucy:    

Alex!  Alex!  Can you help, please?  

Alex:    

OK.  Where are you, Lucy?  In the garden?  In your bedroom?  

Lucy:    

No, I’m in the kitchen. I’m going to make something.  

Alex:    

Oh. What?  

Lucy:    

A cake. Your cakes are nice, so can you help me, please?  

Alex:   

OK. But let’s have some tea and biscuits first. So, Lucy, who is the cake for?  

Aunt Mary?     

Lucy:  

No, it’s for my friend, Ann.  It’s her birthday, the eleventh of November.  

Alex:     

Oh yes. How old is she? Twelve like you?  

Lucy:     

No, she’s thirteen now. I’m making a cake for her party this evening.  

Alex:    

 What!  It’s a quarter past four already.   

Lucy:     

Yes, but her party starts at seven.  

Alex:   

Oh, that’s good because at six I want to watch a TV programme.  It’s about my 

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favourite guitar player.  

Lucy:     

OK, then, let’s get started! First, give me the big cookery book.  

Alex:     

Where is it? I can’t see it in the book-case. And it’s not on the table.   

Lucy:     

Look, there it is. On mum’s chair.  

Alex:     

Oh yes! Here you are! There’s a good birthday cake on page 20.    

Lucy:     

Page twenty? OK.  We need butter, sugar, eggs…  

Alex:     

Eggs?  How many eggs?  We’ve only got 5 in the fridge.  

Lucy:     

It’s OK .  We need 3 large eggs or 4 small ones.  

Alex:     

Oh, the water’s ready.  I can make the tea now.    

Lucy:     

Be careful, Alex!  That’s hot water!  

Alex:     

Ow!  My foot!  It really hurts!  

Lucy:     

Are you OK, Alex?  Shall I phone mum?  

Alex:  

It’s OK. Don’t phone Mum at school. She finishes teaching at four and she gets 

home at five.  She can look at my foot then.  And I don’t need to go to the 

hospital.   

Lucy:     

Are you sure? So, let’s start the cake.  

  
[FIVE SECOND PAUSE]  
  
RUBRIC: 

You will now hear the conversation again.  

  
[TONE BEEP]  
  
[REPEAT RECORDED TEXT]  

  
[FIVE SECOND PAUSE]  
  

That is the end of Task One. Now go on to Task Two.  

  
Task Two:    Phoning the Doctor 
   
RUBRIC: 

The next day Alex’s foot is still hurting. He phones the doctor for an 

appointment. Listen to the phone conversation between Alex and the 
doctor’s receptionist.    

  

Look at the sentences about the conversation. If the sentence about the 
conversation is true, put a cross in the True Box. If it is false, put a cross in 

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the False Box.  The first one is an example.   

  

You will hear the conversation twice. Do as much as you can the first time 
and finish your work the second time.  

  

You have one minute to read the sentences.  

  
[ONE MINUTE PAUSE]  

  

Listen carefully. The conversation starts now.  

  
[TONE BEEP]  
  
[FIVE SECOND PAUSE]  
  
Receptionist:  Good morning. Hilton Medical Centre. How can I help you?  

Alex:  

Can I make an appointment, please.   

Receptionist:  Of course. What’s your name, please?  

Alex:  

It’s Alex Graham.  

Receptionist:   Is that G-R-A-H-A-M-E?  

Alex:  

No, there’s no E at the end.  

Receptionist:  OK. So when do you want to come? Tomorrow?  

Alex:  

Can I come this morning, please?  

Receptionist:  Let me see. Yes, can you be here in half an hour? Dr Scott and Dr Brown are 

free then.  

Alex:  

No problem. We live very near the Medical Centre.  

Receptionist:  Which doctor do you want to see?  

Alex:  

I usually see Dr Brown but Dr Scott is OK too.  

Receptionist:  OK.   You can have an appointment with Dr Scott then. And what’s your 

address? Are you still at number 26 Hall Street?  

Alex:   

No, that’s my grandmother’s address. My parents, my sister and I live at 35 

Hall Street.  

Receptionist:  And can I have your phone number please?  

Alex:  

Sure. It’s three five double oh six nine.  

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Receptionist:  And how old are you, Alex? Are you eighteen yet?  

Alex:  

No, I’m seventeen. My birthday is on the nineteenth so I’m 18 quite soon.  

Receptionist:  Thank you. And is your mother coming to see the doctor with you?  

Alex:  

No, she’s at work. She’s working today but I’ve got a holiday. I’m coming 

alone.   

Receptionist:  OK then. See you later, Alex.  

Alex:  

Yes, see you in half an hour. Thank you very much. Bye.  

Receptionist:  Bye.  

  
[FIVE SECOND PAUSE]  
  
RUBRIC: 

You will now hear the conversation again.  

  
[TONE BEEP]  
  
[REPEAT RECORDED TEXT]  

  
[FIVE SECOND PAUSE]  
  
RUBRIC: 

That is the end of the listening tasks. The other tasks test your reading and 
writing of English. Now go on to Task Three.  

  
  
  

  

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