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SECTION TEST - LISTENING
(Time: 30 minutes)
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Section 1
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WOMAN: Good morning. How can I help you? MAN: Hello. I’m interested in renting a house somewhere in the town. WOMAN: Right. Could I have your name please? MAN: Yes, it’s Steven Godfrey. WOMAN: And tell me how many bedrooms you’re looking for. MAN: Well, we’d need four, because I’m going to share the house with three friends. WOMAN: Okay, there are several of that size on our books. They mostly belong to families who are working abroad at the moment. What about the location? MAN: It’d be nice to be central. WOMAN: That might be difficult, as most houses of that size are in the suburbs. Still, there are a few. What’s your upper limit for the rent? MAN: We’d like something around £500 a month, but we could go up to £600 if we have to. But we can’t go beyond that. WOMAN: Do you know how long you want to rent the house for? The minimum let is six months, as you probably realise. MAN: We’re at college here for two years, and we don’t want to have to move during that time if we can avoid it. WOMAN: Right. And how soon do you want to move in? All our let’s start on the first of the month. MAN: Well, as soon as possible, really, so that means September 1st. WOMAN: Okay, let me have a look at what we’ve got.... We have photographs of all the houses on our books, so you can get an idea of what they’re like. There’s this one in Oakington Avenue, at £550 a month. Combined living room and dining room, with a separate kitchen. It doesn’t have a garage, though you can park in the road. MAN: Ah, we’d prefer to have one, if possible. WOMAN: Right. Then have a look at this house, in Mead Street. It’s got a very large living room and kitchen, bathroom, cloakroom ... MAN: How much is it? WOMAN: That one’s 580. It’s very well furnished and equipped. It also has plenty of space for parking, and it’s available for a minimum of a year. Oh, and there’s a big garden. MAN: I don’t think we could cope with that, to be honest. We’ll be too busy to look after it. WOMAN: Okay. Then there’s this older house in Hamilton Road: living room, kitchen-diner, and it has a study. 550 a month. MAN: That looks rather nice. But whereabouts in Hamilton Road? WOMAN: Towards the western end. MAN: Oh, that’ll be very noisy. I know the area. WOMAN: Yes, it’s pretty lively. Some people like it, though. Well, what about this house in Devon Close? MAN: That looks lovely. WOMAN: There’s a big demand for houses in that area, so prices tend to be quite high. But this one hasn’t been decorated for a few years, which has kept the rent down a bit. It’s got a living room, dining room and small kitchen, and it’s 595 a month. I think it would suit you, from what you’ve said. MAN: It sounds fine. Complete the form and table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Rented Properties Customer's Requirements | Name: | Steven Godfrey | No. of bedrooms: | 4 | Preferred location: | in the (1)……… area of town | Maximum monthly rent: | £(2)……… | Length of let required: | (3)……… | Starting: | September 1st | Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Address | Rooms | Monthly rent | Problem | Oakington Avenue | living/dining room, separate kitchen | £550 | no (4)……… | Mead Street | large living room and kitchen, bathroom and a cloakroom | £580 | the (5)……… is too large | Hamilton Road | living room, kitchen- diner, and a (6)………… | £550 | too (7)……… | Devon Close | living room, dining room, small kitchen | £ (8)…… | none |
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study
garage
garden
2 year/ 2 years
595
noisy
central
600
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MAN: Why’s that part of town so popular? WOMAN: Well, there’s a big scheme to improve the district, and it’ll soon have the best facilities for miles around. MAN: What sort of thing? WOMAN: There’s a big sports centre under construction, which will be very impressive when it’s finished. In fact the swimming pools already opened, ahead of schedule, and it’s attracting a lot of people. MAN: What about cinemas: are there any in the area? WOMAN: The only one closed down last year, and it’s now in the process of being converted into a film museum. The local people are trying to get a new cinema added to the scheme. MAN: I think I heard something about a plan to replace the existing concert hall with a larger one. WOMAN: Ah, that’s due to start next year. MAN: Well it sounds an interesting area to live in. Could I go and see the house, please? WOMAN: Yes, of course.
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1. Which TWO facilities in the district of Devon Close are open to the public at the moment?
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Section 2
Script:
You will hear a talk in the Open Day of New Alternative Health Club. Good morning, and welcome to the Open Day of our new Alternative Health Club, here at Chelsea Bridge. I have to say it is very pleasant to have so many people turn up. My name is Harry Wilkinson and I work as one of the nine permanent staff members employed here at the Club. The main aim of the Open Day is to give you a quick tour of the building, but before we do that I'd like to introduce you to a few people employed at the Club. Not all of us are here at the same time. In case you need to contact any of us our contact details are here on the notice-board below the photographs. First of all, this is Sean Bond, who is the Technical Manager and his job is to supervise equipment, like computers and all the electrical equipment. And this is Margaret Lloyd. Her main function is to oversee training and she is therefore in charge of all the full-and part-time therapists. The next important person I need to introduce you to is James Todd. He is our Liaison Officer. What he does is manage bookings for the Club rooms and equipment, as they are open to different organizations, from the local College to corporate clients like banks and so on. Last but not least is our physiotherapist, Edward Marks, who works part-time Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Edward plays an important part in the life of the Club. His main role is to prevent injuries. Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
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permanent staff members
tour/quick tour
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You will hear a talk in the Open Day of New Alternative Health Club. Good morning, and welcome to the Open Day of our new Alternative Health Club, here at Chelsea Bridge. I have to say it is very pleasant to have so many people turn up. My name is Harry Wilkinson and I work as one of the nine permanent staff members employed here at the Club. The main aim of the Open Day is to give you a quick tour of the building, but before we do that I'd like to introduce you to a few people employed at the Club. Not all of us are here at the same time. In case you need to contact any of us our contact details are here on the notice-board below the photographs. First of all, this is Sean Bond, who is the Technical Manager and his job is to supervise equipment, like computers and all the electrical equipment. And this is Margaret Lloyd. Her main function is to oversee training and she is therefore in charge of all the full-and part-time therapists. The next important person I need to introduce you to is James Todd. He is our Liaison Officer. What he does is manage bookings for the Club rooms and equipment, as they are open to different organizations, from the local College to corporate clients like banks and so on. Last but not least is our physiotherapist, Edward Marks, who works part-time Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Edward plays an important part in the life of the Club. His main role is to prevent injuries. Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. Name | Role | Sean Bond | to supervise equipment | Margaret Lloyd | to (1) ………… | James Todd | to (2) ………… | Edward Marks | to (3) ………… |
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oversea training
prevent injuries
manage bookings
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Now for the various amenities. You see that the Club has quite a large capacity and is arranged over three floors. There is a lift by the Reception and the stairs. On the ground floor, there are two large halls, which are used for yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates and dance and fitness classes for different age groups, with the shop and cafeteria over here. On the first floor, we have a full range of fitness machines, which are available in the large central hall, around which there are various offices. The changing rooms are also on this floor. On the second floor, there is a series of small therapy rooms with waiting areas for clients. These may be booked by individual therapists. There are also three classrooms, which are used for teacher training and group therapy classes. We have a very extensive therapy training programme accredited to the university of Manwich with training in counselling, for which we have three programmes at the moment. As regards the various types of yoga, acupuncture and the Alexander Technique, there are currently nine different training classes going on. Information about the training can be obtained from the brochure, which you can pick up at Reception, and from the Club website. There will be a chance to talk to trainers for those interested in counselling this Saturday at 10 am. For yoga etc, there will also be an informal gathering of trainers on Thursday at 4.30 pm. So if you are interested in becoming involved, this is your chance. Which floor contains which amenities?
Section 3
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You will hear two students, Jenna and Marco, discussing a Business Studies project they have to do. Jenna: Come on Marco. We’ve got to get on and sort out this project for Professor Barclay. Marco: Hang on. I want to make sure we’ve got all the information. Now .. (sitting down) ... where are we? Jenna: Well, today we need to sort out exactly what we’re going to do and how we’re going to divide the work up. Marco: OK. How long have we got, by the way? Jenna: Um .. the end of term is April 6th and he said to hand it in on week 8, so that’s March 25th at the latest because the beginning of that week is 21st. So not long! Marco: Right. Have you got the notes there? Jenna: Yes, he wants us to do a fairly small-scale study, like the last one, on whether or not businesses were offering more benefits to staff. We’ve now got to look at the rise in older workers. Should be fairly straightforward. Marco: Yeah, as long as we keep it small. Who’s marking it? Jenna: Don’t know - sometimes he gets the PhD students to mark it for him. Marco: Oh actually it just says here ‘a senior lecturer’. I suppose it’s too much for Professor Barclay to do them all. Jenna: Yeah. Anyway, how are we going to go about this? Marco: Well, we have to decide how big we want it to be and who we’re ... Jenna: (cutting him off) ... Yeah, but I think we must sort out a timetable for the project otherwise nothing will get done. Marco: OK. Do you want to do that? Jenna: Alright. I’ll do it as soon as we finish here. OK - what do we have to do now for the project? What’s the best way to go about it? Marco: Um ... well, Professor Carter suggested we set up a focus group to get some in-depth interviews but I think that’ll take a lot of time. Jenna: Yeah, I agree. If we did a focus group, we’d have to spend time deciding who to include in it and it’s not necessary to do one anyway. Marco: Oh, fine. Jenna: And. if you agree. I think we should get in touch with the businesses on the list Professor Carter save us and ask them if they’re prepared to participate. Marco: Sounds good - then we can go there, give them questionnaires and collect them later. Jenna: Exactly. Marco: OK. Then do we need to book one of those study rooms in the library so we can work together to input the data? Perhaps not, as I guess just one of us could just sort it out, actually. Jenna: Yes, that would be easier. A lot of what we’re doing is qualitative, so it’ll be writing up rather than statistics. No software for that I’m afraid! Marco: And I think it would look better if we had actual shots of some of the staff because we’re citing appearance as a factor in employability, aren’t we? Jenna: Yeah. OK. I’ll factor that all in when I sort everything out tonight. Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
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timetable
senior lecturer/ a senior lecturer
March 25th/25th of March/ March 25
older workers
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Marco: I’m glad we decided to work together. I think it’s going to work out well. Jenna: Yes, well, given that we had to work in pairs on this project, I think we were right to choose each other. We complement each other academically as we’re each good at what the other isn’t! In fact, we should have tried working together before! Marco: Yes! Now, how shall we split the work? I’ll do the analysis, shall I? Jenna: Oh - OK. Marco: It’s just that it might be faster because I’m used to doing it - although your English is better than mine. I need more practice at reading, really. Jenna: OK. I’ll do the presentation then. If that’s OK with you? Marco: Yeah, sure. I don’t mind speaking in public but I hate preparing all the notes for them. Jenna: Thing is. the tutor said one person should do the whole presentation and he’s said he expects me to do it because I haven’t done one vet. Marco: No, that’s fine. Now ... (fade) ...
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1. What THREE things do Marco and Jenna have to do now for the project?
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2. Why did Jenna and Marco agree to work together?
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3. Why does Marco suggest that he writes the analysis?
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4. Why does Jenna offer to do the presentation?
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Section 4
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LECTURER Good afternoon. Today we’re continuing this series of talks on the development of the Australian Outback with a look at Coober Pedy, the desert town of opal mines and underground living which lies 860 kilometres north of Adelaide and 690 south of Alice Springs. The inaccessibility, harsh climate and almost total lack of water made it a highly unlikely place for human habitation, but that all started to change in 1915 with the discovery there of opals, the precious stones which seem to change colour according to their surroundings. Settlements were established following the First World War, when soldiers returning from the trenches of France brought with them the techniques of living below ground in ‘dugouts’. The Depression of the 1920s and 30s led to many prospectors leaving, but the town boomed again in the late 1940s when shallow new opal fields were discovered, and immigrants from Europe arrived in large numbers after the Second World War. It must be remembered, though, just how hostile conditions were. Daytime summer temperatures reached well over 50 degrees Centigrade, winter nights were bitterly cold, and dense dust storms regularly blanketed the town. To cope with this, more and more people began living in disused mines and purpose-built subterranean houses, where the temperature remains at a comfortable 25 degrees all year round, so that eventually around 70% of the town’s inhabitants had made their homes beneath the surface. This led to the construction of hotels and even churches below ground, as well as an entire underground shopping centre: the only one in the world.
Complete the summary below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided. The Australian mining town of Coober Pedy is about (1)…………. kilometres south of Alice Springs. Opals were first found in the area in (2)………… and people began to settle there after the (3)………… . In the late 1940s, new opal fields and mass immigration from (4)………… created a boom, despite the extreme climate which forced about (5)…………. of the population to live underground, where they built hotels, churches, and the world’s only underground (6)………..
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Europe
1915
690
70%/ seventy percent
First World War / World War 1
shopping centre / shopping center
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Perhaps not surprisingly, this has now led to the emergence of a secondary industry: tourism. Increasing numbers of visitors come to see the tunnels and the caves with their ventilation shafts, the weird machines lying about in the town, and, just beyond it in the scorched red desert, the conical hills thrown up by the world’s biggest opal mines. It’s a logical stopping place for travellers, too. The nearest town to Coober Pedy is Woomera, in the prohibited area once used for launching space rockets, but even that is an enormous distance away. Within the town itself there are plenty of hotel rooms and a number of ethnic restaurants - remember that Coober Pedy is one of the most multicultural places in Australia, with an estimated 45 nationalities represented - and its very own opal museum. A short distance from town there’s a section of the enormous barrier that runs thousands of kilometres across the country: the Dingo Fence, which is meant to keep these predatory wild dogs out of the sheep-farming areas. Another attraction just outside town are the sets of various films made there, including Mad Max 3, as well as The Red Planet and Until the End of the World - names that reflect the harshness of the terrain and temperatures there. The name Coober Pedy, incidentally, comes from an Aboriginal expression meaning ‘white man’s hole in the ground’. Next I’d like to go on to talk about Broken Hill, another mining town but one that …
What are the locations of the following places?
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1. What is the location of the town of Woomera?
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2. What is the location of the opal museum?
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3. What is the location of the Dingo Fence?
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4. What is the location of the sets of films?
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