CAM 19 TEST 1

SECTION 1
JOHN: Oh hello. My name’s John Chapman, and I’m a _________________________________ at a local primary school.
I’ve been asked to _____________________ a visit to the park for two of our classes.
SALLY: OK. What would you like to know?
JOHN: Well, I’m new to this area, so _______________ you could tell me something about the park first, please.
SALLY: Of course. Altogether the park covers _____________ acres, that’s ____________ hectares. There are three main
types of _____________________: wetland, grassland and woodland. The woods are well established and varied, with an
oak plantation, and other areas of _____________________. Q1
JOHN: Right.
SALLY: The wetland is quite _________________, too. The original farmland was _____________________ around 40
years ago to extract gravel. Once this work was _____________________, the gravel pits filled with water, forming the two
large lakes. There are also several smaller ones, ponds and ______________ that flows through the park. Q2
JOHN: OK, so I suppose with these ________________________________ there’s quite a variety of wildlife.
SALLY: There certainly is – a lot of different species of _____________________, and also animals like deer
_____________________
JOHN: And I understand you organise __________________________________________ for school parties.
SALLY: That’s right. We can organise a wide range of activities and _______________ them to suit all ages.
JOHN: Can you give me some examples of the activities?
SALLY: Well, one _____________________ is on science, where we help children to _____________________ and study
plants, trees and insects. They also collect and __________________________________ about the things they see. Q3
SALLY: Another focus is on _____________________. The park is a great environment to learn and practice
_____________________ and using a compass to _____________________ around the park. Q4
JOHN: Do you do anything connected with history?
SALLY: Yes, we do. For instance, the children can _____________________ how the use of the land has changed over
time. Then there’s leisure and tourism.
JOHN: That focuses on _____________________, I would imagine. Q5
SALLY: Yes, mostly. The children find out about them, their _____________________, the problems they may cause and
how we __________________________________. And another subject we cover is music: here the children experiment
with natural materials to _____________________ and explore rhythm and tempo. Q6
JOHN: That must be fun!
SALLY: Most children really enjoy it.
SALLY: And of course, all the activities are _____________________, too. Learning outside the classroom encourages
children to be creative, and to explore and discover for themselves.
JOHN: I would imagine they get _____________________ that might not be a normal part of their lives. Q7
SALLY: That’s right. And very often the children discover that they can do things they didn’t know they could do, and they
________________________________. This gives them greater _____________________. Q8
JOHN: It sounds great. So, what about the practical side of it? How much does it cost for a _____________________? We
would expect to bring between _____________________ children.
SALLY: If there are over 30, it costs £_____________________ for each child who attends on the day. We invoice you
_____________________, so you don’t pay for children who can’t come because of ___________________, for example.
There’s no charge for _____________________ and other adults – as many as you want to bring. Q9 Q10
JOHN: That sounds very fair. Well, thanks for all the information. I’ll need to discuss it with my _____________________,
and I hope to get back to you soon to _____________________
SECTION 2
It’s great to see so many members of the Twinning Association here tonight. Since the twinning link between our two towns,
Stanthorpe here in England and Malatte in France, was _____________________, the relationship between the towns has
gone __________________________________________
Last month, 25 members of the _____________________ from Stanthorpe spent a weekend in Malatte. Our hosts had
arranged a great programme. We learned how _____________________ is produced in the region and had the chance to
______________________________. The theme park trip had to be _________, but we all had a great time on the final
boat trip down the river – that was the real ________________ Q11.
This is a special year for the Association because it’s 25 years since we _____________________. In Malatte, they’re
_____________________ mark this by building a footbridge in the municipal park. We’ve _____________________ what
to do here and we’ve decided to _____________________ in the museum gardens Q12. We _____________________
buying a garden seat to put there, but the authorities _____________________ with that idea.
In terms of _____________________ to support our activities, we’ve done very well. Our pancake evening was well
attended and made _____________________ Q13. And everyone enjoyed the demonstration of French cookery, which was
___________________________. Numbers for our film show were ____________ because of the venue so we’re
_____________________ somewhere bigger next year.
We’re looking forward to welcoming our French visitors here next week, and I know that many of you here will be hosting
____________________________________. The coach from France will arrive at 5 pm on Friday. Don’t try to do too
much that first evening as they’ll be tired, so have dinner ________________ or garden rather than
_________________Q14. The weather looks as if it’ll be OK so you might like to plan a barbecue. Then the
______________ market day in town, and that’s always a good place to stroll round.
On Saturday evening, we’ll all meet up _________________________________, where once again we’ll have Toby Sharp
and his band performing English and Scottish _____________________Q15. Toby will already be well known to many of
you as _____________________ he organized our special ____________ night and presented the
_____________________
Now on Sunday, we’ll be taking our visitors to Farley House. You may not all be _____________________ it, so here’s a
map to help you. You can see the _____________________ at the _____________ of the map. There’s an excellent farm
shop in the grounds where our visitors can buy local produce – it’s in the old stables, which is the _____________________
you come to Q16. They’re built round a courtyard, and the shop’s in the __________ corner on the __________. There’s
also a small café on the _______ as you go in.
I know that one or two of our visitors may not be all that mobile. The main entrance to the house has a lot of steps so you
might want to use the disabled entry. This is on the _____________________________ from the car park Q17.
Children will probably be most interested in the adventure playground. That’s at the _________________ of the larger lake,
in a _______ on the path that leads to the lake Q18. There’s lots for children to do there.
There are a number of lovely gardens near the house. The kitchen gardens are _________________ and surrounded by a
wall. They’re to the ____________________ of the house, quite near the ________________ Q19. They’re still in use and
have a great collection of fruit and vegetables.
The Temple of the Four Winds is a bit more of a walk – but it’s worth it. Take the path from the car park and go past the
_____________________ of the stables and the house. Then when the path forks, take the _____________________ path.
Go up there with the woods _____________________ and the temple is right _____________________ Q20. There are
great views over the whole area.

SECTION 3
COLIN: I haven’t seen you for a bit, Marie.
MARIE: No. I’ve been busy with _____________________.
COLIN: You’re making a vegan alternative to ______________, aren’t you? Something that doesn’t use animal products?
MARIE: Yes. I’m using chickpeas. I had two main aims when I first started looking for an _______________ to eggs, but
actually I’ve found chickpeas have got more _____________________
COLIN: Right.
MARIE: But how about your project on ________________________________– you were looking at bread, weren’t you?
COLIN: Yes. It’s been hard work, but I’ve enjoyed it. The basic process was quite _____________________ -breaking the
stale bread down to a paste then _____________________ it.
MARIE: But you were using 3-D printing, weren’t you, to make the paste into biscuits?
COLIN: Yeah, I’d used that _____________________, but in this project, I had time to play around with
_____________________ for the biscuits and finding how I could add fruit and vegetables to make them a more appetising
colour, and I was _____________________ with what I managed to produce. Q21/22
MARIE: It must’ve been a _____________________ to make something appetising out of bits of old bread that would’ve
been ______________________________ otherwise. Q21/22
COLIN: It was. And I’m _____________________ that some of the restaurants in town will be interested in
the biscuits. I’m _____________________ send them some samples.
MARIE: I came across something on the internet yesterday that might interest you. It was a company that’s developed
touch-sensitive sensors for food labels.
COLIN: Mmm?
MARIE: It’s a special sort of label on the _____________________. When the label’s smooth, the food is ___________ and
then when you can feel bumps on the label, that means the food’s ________________. It started off as a project to help
visually impaired people know whether food was _____________ or not.
COLIN: Interesting. So just solid food?
MARIE: No, things like _____________________ as well. But actually, I thought it might be really good for drug storage
in __________________________________________. Q23/24
COLIN: Right. And coming back to food, maybe it’d be possible to use it for other things besides freshness. Like
__________________________________ a joint of meat is. for example. Q23/24
MARIE: Yes, there’s all sorts of possibilities.
COLIN: I was reading an article about food trends predicting how _____________________ might change in the next few
years.
MARIE: Oh – things like more focus on ____________________ ? That seems so obvious, but the shops are still full of
_____________________ . Q25
COLIN: Yes, they need to be more proactive to address that.
MARIE: And somehow __________________________________________, yes.
COLIN: One thing everyone’s aware of is the need for a reduction in unnecessary packaging – but just about everything you
buy in supermarkets is still covered in _______________. The ________________ needs to do something about it. Q26
MARIE: Absolutely. It’s got to change.
COLIN: Do you think there’ll be more interest in gluten – and lactose-free food?
MARIE: For people with _____________________ or food intolerances? I don’t know. _____________________I know
have been buying that type of food _____________________. Q27
COLIN: Yes, even if they haven’t been _____________________ with an allergy.
MARIE: That’s right. One thing I ’ve noticed is the number of branded products related to celebrity chefs – people watch
them cooking on TV and then buy things like spice mixes or frozen foods with the chef’s name on . . . I bought something
like that once, __________________________________________. Q28
COLIN: Yeah – I bought a _____________________ spice mix for chicken which was _____________________ be used
by a chef I’d seen on television, and it ________________________________________ of anything.
MARIE: Mm. Did the article mention ‘ghost kitchens’ used to produce _____________________?
COLIN: No. What are they?
MARIE: Well, they might have the name of a restaurant, but actually they’re a _____________________ just for delivery
meals – the public don’t ever go there. But people aren’t _____________________ – it’s all kept very quiet. Q29
COLIN: So people _____________________ the food’s _________________________________the restaurant?
MARIE: Right.
COLIN: Did you know more and more people are using all sorts of different mushrooms now, to ________ different health
concerns? Things like _____________________?
MARIE: Hmm. They might be taking a _____________________ there. Q30
COLIN: Yes, it’s hard to know which varieties are _____________________. Anyway maybe now…

SECTION 4
For my presentation today, I’m going to talk about the Céide Fields in the northwest of Ireland, one of the largest Neolithic
sites in the world. I recently visited this site and _____________________ the work that is currently being done by a team
of archaeologists there.
The site was _____________________ in the __________ by a local teacher, Patrick Caulfield. He noticed that when local
people were digging in the bog, they were constantly hitting against what seemed to be rows of _______________. He
realised that these must be _____________________ Q31 and that they must be thousands of years old for them to predate
the bog which _____________________ grew over them.
He wrote to the National Museum in Dublin to ask them to investigate, but no one _____________________. It wasn’t until
40 years later, when Patrick Caulfield’s _______________ Seamus, who had become an archaeologist Q32 by then, began
to _____________________. He inserted iron probes into the bog to map the _____________________ of the stones, a
traditional method which local people had always used for _____________________ buried Q33 in the bog for thousands
of years. Carbon dating later ____________ that the site was over _____________________ and was the largest Neolithic
site in Ireland.
Thanks to the bog which covers the area, the _________________ of the settlement at Céide Fields, which is over 5,000
years old, are extremely _____________________. A bog is 90 percent water; its soil is so ____________________ that
when the grasses and heathers that grow on its surface die, they don’t fully _____________ but accumulate in layers.
Objects remain so well preserved in these conditions because of the acidity of the peat and the deficiency of
__________________ Q34. At least ________________ of rain a year are required for this to happen; this part of Ireland
gets an average of _____________________.
The Neolithic farmers at Céide would have enjoyed several centuries of relative _____________________. Neolithic
farmers generally lived in _____________________ than their predecessors, with a number of houses built around a
_____________________. As they lived in _____________________ settlements, Neolithic farmers were able to build
bigger houses. These ___________________ as people often assume, but _____________________ Q35 with a small hole
in the roof that allowed _____________________. This is one of many innovations and indicates that the Neolithic farmers
were the first people to _____________________. Another new technology that Neolithic settlers brought to Ireland was
________________. Fragments of Neolithic pots have been found in Céide and elsewhere in Ireland. The pots were used
for many things; as well as for _____________________, pots were filled with a small amount of fat and when this was set
alight, they served as _____________________ Q36.
It’s thought that the Céide Fields were mainly used as paddocks for animals to ______________ in. Evidence from the
Céide Fields suggests that each plot of land was of a suitable size to sustain an _____________________ Q37. They may
have used a system of rotational grazing in order to prevent over-grazing and to allow for plant
_____________________________. This must have been a year-round activity as no structures have been found which
would have been used to shelter animals ___________________. Q38
However, archaeologists believe that this way of life at Céide ceased ___________________. Why was this? Well, several
factors may have contributed to the _____________________. The soil would have become _____________________ Q39
and led to the abandonment of farming. The ___________________ system was partly responsible for this as it would have
been very intensive and was _____________________. But there were also _____________________ too. The farmers at
Céide would have enjoyed a relatively dry period, but this began to change and the conditions became wetter as there was
_____________________ Q40. It was these conditions that encouraged the bog to form over the area which survives today.