Cambridge B2 First / listening / B2 First

Food and agriculture

10 original practice questions. Open them in any order.

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Part 1 extract 1: two friends talk about a morning picking strawberries at a farm

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Narrator: You hear two friends talking about a morning they spent picking fruit at a farm. Boy: My back's still aching. I'd never picked strawberries before. Girl: Well, they do grow right down on the ground. What did you expect, trees? Boy: Ha ha. I did think picking them ourselves would make them cheap, though. They cost more than in the supermarket. Girl: Only because you filled the basket to the top, and ate half of it on the way to the scales! No, what I hadn't expected was how quickly they'd go soft. By the time I got home, the bottom ones were practically juice.

Question 1 of 10 · easier

Part 1: multiple choice (short extract, 3 options)

You hear people talking in different situations. For each question, choose the best answer (A, B or C). You will hear the recording twice.

You hear two friends talking about a morning they spent picking fruit at a farm. What had the girl not expected?

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