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talking of which, some listening practice...
eg. from the six minute english section of bbc learning english you could listen to a report on ear worms with vocabulary help, which links to the bbc magazine report here, similarly a recent look at personality and blood types in Japan from the bbc magazine here is covered in the six minute english here
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which might put you in the mood for some couch surfing in Tokyo from ello.
other listening with tapescripts from the news added are reuters (see the grey hyperlink) and newsy and for help with preparing for the listening exam try here from bbc learning english exam skills and/or ompersonal or exam english both with tapescripts. finally, you might be interested in the iphone app offered by cambridge here, but you´ll have to pay for the pleasure.