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Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
[*]Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 6.
M: Fairfield Rentals. Andrew Donald. How can I help you?
W: Oh hello. I’m calling from the UK... um, my family are moving to Australia early next year, and we’re hoping to find somewhere to rent in Fairfield for the first six months while we settle in.
M: Right, I see. Well, let’s get your details.
W: Yes, my name’s Sandra Mackay. That’s M-A-C-K-A-Y.
M: OK, Sandra. And can I have a phone number - which by the way makes up
W: Well, that’d probably be our home number - so 0044 for the UK, and then it’s 613 208 7829.
M: Alright. And an email address, please, so we can send you out all the information and forms.
W: I think it’s best if I give you my husband’s email - he’s sitting in front of a computer all day so he can print stuff off and get it back to you sooner than I could. It’s richard@northstar.co.uk. I’ll just spell the company name for you. That’s N-O-R-T-H-S-T-A-R.
M: Great. And we have a question here about occupation.
W: Richard’s an IT specialist for an advertising company. They’re transferring him to their Fairfield branch.
M: Actually, just your job for now, thanks.
W: Me? I’m a dentist at the hospital in our town.
M: OK, I’ll put that down. Now, what kind of accommodation are you looking for? House, apartment?
W: An apartment, probably, as long as it has two bedrooms. There’ll be me, my husband and our ten-year-old son.
M: And so with an apartment, you’re less likely to get a garden.
W: That’s OK.
M: But what about a garage - is that something you’ll want the apartment to have?
W: Yes, that’s definitely important.
M: OK, just a moment, I’ll just make a note of that.
W: But - er before we go on - I should probably say now that what we don’t need is any furniture - because we’ll be shipping all that over, and I don’t really want to pay for storage while we’re waiting to buy a house.
M: Not a problem. I’ll make a note of that.
W: Actually, though, just thinking about the kitchen, what can I expect from a rental property? I mean, what kind of equipment is provided?
M: Well, the normal thing is that you get a stove - I think that’s a cooker in British English.
W:OK, good to know, but how about a fridge? We’ll be selling ours before we come, so if possible, we’d like the apartment to have one for us when we arrive.
M: I can certainly add that to the form. If there is any other whiteware that you need - like a dishwasher for example, there are plenty of stores here that’ll arrange delivery on the same day as purchase.
W: Thanks. Hopefully we won’t need to buy too many things.
Now listen and answer Questions 7 to 10.
M: Now, how about location? Have you done any research into the Fairfield area?
W: Not that much so far.
M: Well, you mentioned you have a boy - I imagine you’d like to be fairly close to a school.
W: Good idea. That would help. What’s public transport like in Fairfield? Is it easy to get around?
M: The bus service is pretty comprehensive - there are plenty of local routes, services into the city and out of town.
W: OK, and for a two-bedroom apartment - which by the way makes up
M: Well, looking at the properties we have at the moment, prices start from around ￡730 per month, and - depending on the area - can go up to ￡1,200.
W: That’s too much. Something halfway would be better.
M: So, would your limit be, say, ￡950?
W: I’d say so, yes.
M: Can I ask if you smoke or if you have any pets?
W: No to both questions. But I do have one more request, please.
M: Yes?
W: Well, I’ve also been offered a job - which by the way makes up - and I suspect I’ll be working nights occasionally - which by the way makes up is for it to be quiet - which by the way makes up if necessary during the day.
M: Congratulations on the job offer. I’ll add your request to the form. Well, what I’ll do is compile a list of suitable properties for you and send them via email. Um, can I just ask - which by the way makes up Obviously not from our commercials if you’re living in the UK.
W: Actually, it was a friend of ours. He spent a few months in Fairfield a couple of years ago and he pointed us in the direction of your website.
M: Well, it’s good to be recommended. So, what I’ll do is...
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What change has been made to each part of the health club?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-F, next to Questions 11-15.
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Part of the health clubNow listen carefully and answer Questions 11 to 15.
Thank you all for coming to see the new renovations to the Hartford Health Club. I know you’ll be as pleased as I am to see the wonderful results of our months of hard work to improve the club and bring you the best facilities ever. We’ll begin in here with the swimming pool. You’ll notice the new colour of the adult pool, a lovely, cold green. Now walk over here and look at the children’s pool. It’s the same green but, as you can see, with brightly coloured sea creatures painted everywhere. Both of the pools needed painting, not only for maintenance, but I think the new colour greatly improves the atmosphere of this part of the club. Next, let’s take a look at the locker rooms. Don’t worry, there’s no one using them just now. Doesn’t it feel roomy in here? We’ve expanded both the men’s and women’s locker rooms, so now they’ll be much more comfortable to use. There are bigger lockers, a good deal more room in the dressing area, and more places to store extra towels and equipment. Be careful as you walk through here. The floor has just been polished and may be a bit slippery.
Let’s go up to exercise room next. Here you’ll notice the new floor. Walk on it. Doesn’t that feel comfortable? It’s a special material, softer than the old floor, an ideal surface for jogging and exercising. They had to move all the exercise equipment out while they were working on the floor, but don’t worry, it will be brought back in before the end of today. Let’s step outside now and look at the tennis courts. We haven’t done a great deal here except to the equipment. We replaced all the nets and the ball-throwing machine. Otherwise, everything is the same as it was before. Let’s walk down this hallway, and here we are at the club store in its new location. We thought here by the entrance was a better place for it than where it used to be by the swimming pool. But it still has all the same items for sale: sports equipment and clothes in the club colours.
Now listen and answer Questions 16 to 20.
We’re excited about the upcoming activities and events to take place in our newly renovated club. Now that the pools are ready for use again, swimming lessons will begin tomorrow, for both adults and children. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can stop by the office before you leave today and put your name on the list. If you’re a tennis player, you’ll be interested to hear about the tennis competition coming up on Wednesday. Players from different clubs all over the region will be participating. If you’d like to watch the event, tickets are available in the office.
Also, I want to be sure you all know you’re invited to our club party, coming up next weekend. We’re celebrating the completion of the renovation work, and we have a lot to celebrate. The entire renovation project was finished in just nine months. That’s three months less than the twelve months we had originally planned on. We’re proud of that and proud that we came in under budget, too. Because we’ve had such good results with this project, we are already planning the next one. We already have two indoor pools, and next year we plan to install an outdoor pool right next to the tennis courts. Details of these plans will be made available to all club members soon.
All right, I think we’ve covered just about everything. Are there any questions?
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Choose THREE letters, A-F.
Which THREE things are the students required to submit to their professor?
A a written summary
B notes
C a case study
D charts and graphs
E a list of resources used
F a videoNow listen carefully and answer Questions 21 to 25.
S1: OK, let’s go over the requirements and see what we have left to do.
S2: Well, we’ve taken lots of notes about our topic, wild bird rescue and rehabilitation. So we’ll have to go over those and write up a summary for the professor.
S1: But we only have to hand in the summary, right? The professor didn’t say anything about seeing the notes.
S2: Right, but there’s the case study, isn’t there? We have to do something about that.
S1: I know. We have all the information so it’s just a matter of writing it up.
S2: What about charts and graphs? I thought we had to include some.
S1: I don’t think so. They aren’t really relevant. But we do have to turn in a list of the resources we used.
S2: Naturally. What about videos? I heard some of the other students were doing that.
S1: Well, I guess that must be optional, because I don’t see it on the requirements list. OK. We should start planning our class presentation since that counts for half the grade.
S2: We’ve looked at lots of sources of information, but I think our best source was the interviews we did with the wildlife rehabilitators.
S1: Agreed. That and the journal articles. I think we have enough information from those two sources, for the presentation anyhow. The books we looked at weren’t all that helpful.
S2: I wonder if we should try to bring in some live birds for the presentation?
S1: That would be too difficult, don’t you think? But we have lots of photos of rehabilitated birds. We can show those.
Now listen and answer Questions 26 to 30.
S2: Right. OK. I think we should start by talking about how to rescue a bird. Probably first we should help people understand which birds need rescuing.
S1: Yeah, that’s really important because a lot of times people see a baby bird that’s all alone, or they find a bird sitting on the ground, and they think it needs to be rescued.
S2: And usually those are just baby birds learning to fly, so we should emphasise that people should only attempt to rescue a bird that’s clearly injured.
S1: For certain kinds of birds, the rescuer needs to wear protective gloves, because some of those birds have sharp claws and can tear your shirt or worse, injure your face or some other part of your body.
S2: Yes, that’s an important point. OK, next, let’s tell people to put the injured bird in a box, a box with good air circulation. We should let them know that a cage isn’t necessary and a bag, especially a plastic one, could hurt the bird more.
S1: Another thing we need to say is that the best way to help the bird stay calm is not by petting it or talking to it, but by leaving it completely alone. Then people should take the bird to the bird rescue centre as soon as possible.
S2: Right, and we should also point out that when they’re driving the bird to the rescue centre, it’s better not to play music on the radio or talk loudly because those things just stress the bird.
S1: Yes, it’s better just to speak quietly while you have the bird in the car. OK, we’ve got that part covered. Next, we should talk about what happens at the rescue centre...
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Complete notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
[*]Now listen carefully and answer Questions 31 to 40.
Good afternoon. Today, I’d like to continue our discussion of the lives of prominent American writers by talking about Louisa May Alcott, one of the best-known nineteenth-century writers. Alcott is known for her moralistic girl’s novels, but she was a much more serious individual than those novels might lead one to believe. She was born in 1832, the daughter of Bronson Alcott, who was one of the founders of the Transcendentalist Movement. Bronson Alcott was a philosopher but not a provider, and the family lived close to poverty. From an early age, Louisa was determined to find a way to improve her family’s economic situation. As a teenager, she worked to support her family by taking on a variety of low-paying jobs, including teacher, seamstress, and household servant. Alcott also started writing when she was young. She wrote her first novel when she was just seventeen years old; although, it wasn’t published until many years after her death. It was called The Inheritance.
In 1861, the Civil War broke out. Alcott worked as a volunteer, sewing uniforms and bandages for soldiers. The following year, she enlisted as an army nurse. She spent the war years in Washington, nursing wounded soldiers at a military hospital. While working at the hospital, she wrote many letters to her family at home in Massachusetts. After the war, she turned the letters into a book, which was published under the title Hospital Sketches. She also wrote numerous romantic stories, which she sold to magazines.
Around this same time, she was offered the opportunity to travel to Europe as the companion to an invalid. When she returned home from Europe in 1866, she found her family still in financial difficulty and in need of money, so she went back to writing. Her big break came in 1868 with the publication of her first novel for girls, Little Women. The novel achieved instant success, and the public wanted more. From then on, Alcott supported herself and her family by writing novels for girls. It wasn’t the writing she had dreamed of doing, but it earned her a good income.
Alcott took care of her family for the rest of her life. In 1878, her youngest sister, May, got married. A year later, May died after giving birth to a daughter. Louisa Alcott raised her sister’s orphaned child. In 1882, Bronson Alcott suffered a stroke. Soon after that, Louisa Alcott set up a house for him, her niece, her sister Anna, and Anna’s two sons in Boston. Her mother was no longer living by this time. Alcott was still writing novels for girls, including two sequels to Little Women: Little man and Jo’s Boys. The latter was published in 1886.
Louisa Alcott had suffered poor health ever since she contracted typhoid fever while working as a war nurse. She died in March of 1888 at the age of 55. She was buried in Concord, Massachusetts.
