Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate Mid-course Test Audio
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Test A
Track 6
BILL:
My surname is O'Driscoll, which is originally an Irish name, and I know that my family came
over from Ireland sometime at the end of the nineteenth century and settled in the States and…
well I've never been to Ireland and my ambition is to go back there and rediscover my family
roots. Maybe find some of my long-lost cousins over there… So that's my ambition: to
rediscover the Irish side of my family… yeah, I'd really like to do that.
RALPH:
Well, looking back, I'd say my greatest achievement was a sporting one really… When I was
about eighteen, I was very keen on football and I actually played one match for my local team
where I scored three goals and I was the hero for a week or two. I still look back on that with a
lot of pride…As for my dream, I still have one real ambition which is to visit the Taj Mahal in
India. I suppose I'm getting a bit old now, but you never know - one day!
DEB:
Well, I've always, always wanted to own a car. I don't have a car at the moment because I can't
afford one…also because I can't drive … but anyway, it's my ambition one day to own a car -
but not just any old car. It has to be a Ferrari … and a red Ferrari at that. I don't know why… I
suppose I ought to learn to drive first… but that's what I really want, yeah, to own a lovely red
Ferrari.
IAN:
My biggest ambition is one day to buy an enormous house which is in the middle of the
countryside, in the mountains somewhere, but you know, really miles from anywhere… and it
has to have lots and lots of space, enough space so that I can invite all my friends and all my
family for a big party … and then they can all go away and I can just enjoy the peace and
quiet… that's my ambition.
SWATI:
Yes, well, my greatest achievement was actually to get into university, where I'm studying
medicine now, and my ambition is to really help people in some way… Not necessarily to be a
famous surgeon or anything like that, but to make some medical discovery that really helps
people. A drug that can cure some disease or something like that… so that my name is
remembered…I think that would be a really great thing to do.
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Test B
Track 7
a
A: Morning!
B: Oh, morning. How are you?
A: I'm fine, I'm fine. Nice day, isn't it?
B: Yes, it's lovely.
A: So, have you got any plans for today?
B: No, nothing special. We might go to the park later, what do you think?
C: Yes, Mummy.
B: How about you?
A: Well, my granddaughter's coming over later..
B: Oh, that's nice.
A: yes, well she's just come back from..
C: Mummy…
B: Yes, darling. I'm just talking.
C: Mummy, can we go to the park now?
B: Listen, I'd better get on. I hope you have a nice day.
b
A: Oh, hello…You all right?
B: Oh, hello…Yes, I'm fine. How are you?
A: Oh, not so bad…working hard, y'know. So have you been away, then?
B: Yes, we have, actually. Just for a few days.
A: I thought so. I thought I hadn't seen you for a while. Did you go anywhere nice?
B: Yes…well, only to stay with Richard - that's my husband - Richard's mother up in
Scotland…She's been ill.
A: Oh, dear. Is she feeling better now?
B: Yes, she's much better now, thanks.
A: Oh, good. Did you get nice weather?
B: Um…no, not really. It rained most of the time, actually.
A: Oh, well… Are you happy to be back, then?
B: Yes I am, actually. It's always nice to get home.
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A: Yeah…So that's £18.92, please. Thank you…and here's the change. Nice to see you!
B: Nice to see you. Take care.
c
A: Afternoon.
B: Good afternoon.
C: Hi there.
B: Where are you going?
A: It's the, er, Caledonian Hotel, please, it's in…Princes Street.
B: Caledonian Hotel, I know it, all right. So are you here on holiday?
A: Right, yeah. We're here on holiday. How did you know?
B: Oh, I can always tell. Where are you from, America is it?
C: No, we're Canadian. We're from Toronto.
B: Canada, eh? Well, well, that's a long way to come. Is this your first time in Edinburgh?
A: Yes, it's our first time here, but I have family here.
B: Is that right?
A: Yes, my family came from near here. They moved to Canada.
d
A: Hi.
B: Hello there.
A: Did you have a good weekend?
B: yeah, it was OK. I didn't do much, really, just sat at home relaxing, y'know. How about
you?
A: Yeah, oh I had a fantastic weekend, great yeah.
B: Oh really. What did you do?
A: Oh well, nothing really.
B: Oh right. Like me then.
A: Yeah, I suppose so.
B: Did you see the football on Sunday?
A: Oh, yeah, fantastic, wasn't it? That goal was brilliant!
B: Did you think so? I wanted United to win, actually. I thought they were a bit unlucky.
A: What do you mean unlucky? They were lucky they only lost 1-0, and that was
definitely a penalty…
B: Nah, he just fell over!
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