This is the new Cambridge First Certificate in English Listening test, 2016. Practicing on these Cambridge FCE Listening tests helps raise your score in the Cambridge English First exams. These tests are also very good to exercise English listening skills. Correct answers & audio transcript are posted below. This video is in the series of NEW Cambridge First Certificate in English exam preparation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp39kaAVtLBSDL3HMhv1aTXV4SCOc9_8s SUBSCRIBE with us for the latest tests and support ! ======= TRANSCRIPTS Question 1. You have reached the East Street Surgery answering service. Doctors Marsh, Green and Clifford are not available for consultation at this time. If you urgently need to see a doctor, dial Reading 622909 for doctors Smith and Parker or go to 217 George Street. If you wish to leave a message at this surgery, please speak after the tone. Question 2. It's been three hours since the first casualties were brought out and we have been informed that there are many more victims still inside the compound. Looking through the chain-link fence, I can see the head of one body lying on the ground only a hundred yards or so from where I'm standing. Even the grass at my feet was badly scorched by the blast. All the bodies so far have been taken to a nearby town for identification. So far, no effort has been made to cap the leaking column but we’ve been informed that a team of German scientists are on their ... Question 3. D = Dad S = Son D: When are you going to get your hair cut? It's not long till school starts again. I thought you were going to do it yesterday. S: Er, well, I'll have to go tomorrow or the next day. I couldn't go yesterday; it was closed. D: I thought it was always shut on Wednesday afternoons. S: No, it's shut all day Tuesday. D: Well, look, you'll have to go today or tomorrow because Friday's a public holiday and everything will be closed then. S: Not everything, Dad. The pubs will be open. Question 4. Hello ... yes ... er, it's my car ... Er, no, I can't get it to start ... No, I've tried that already ... Yes, it's a 1963 Hillman Avenger ... Er, where? ... It's parked right opposite the chemist ... No, not the one on Baker Street, the one on the high street, you know, beside the Green Lion pub. Question 5. Excuse me, madam. I wonder if you could spare me a few minutes. I see you've bought an automatic washing powder for use in a standard front-loading washing machine. You see, I work for the British Energy Conservation Council and we're currently carrying out a survey to determine how much energy is required for an average family's washing needs. I must assure you that if you do agree to participate in our questionnaire right now, it will not be necessary for one of our representatives to visit your home. Now, if I could just have your name and address and possibly your telephone number ... Question 6. Well, I was working at the desk that day and well, it had been quite a busy morning and it must have been about 11 o'clock when two officers brought a suspect into the station. They'd received a 999 call from a woman living in Maple Road and as soon as I saw him, I just burst out laughing because I suppose it's not often that the head of Much Hadham CID gets pulled in on his day off. Question 7. L = Lucy S = Sebastian L: And that was a very impressive performance but you've been involved in a bit of controversy recently. S: You mean in 'The Silent Revolutionary'? L: Well, ... yes, one critic described it as the most utterly unpleasant ninety minutes he'd ever endured. S: Well, it always was the intention of Tim Broke, the director, to be shocking but perhaps he did misjudge the audience's reaction to some of the things that we do on stage. L: But I gather you've been playing to nearly empty houses recently. S: Well, hum ... Question 8. The building just coming up on our right is the Saint Christopher memorial hospital. Founded in the late 1930s, it is considered to be one of the finest examples of this style of architecture. It is particularly noted for the unusual layout of its ornamental gardens, which are at their best in the late spring. The building has been hailed as a masterpiece, although I personally have reservations because it lacks the colour and flamboyance of many of the ... ===== CORRECT ANSWERS 1B - 2B - 3C - 4A - 5B - 6C - 7C - 8A