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test three you will hear a number of

different recordings and you will have

to answer questions on what you hear

there will be time for you to read the

instructions and questions and you will

have a chance to check your work all the

recordings will be played once only the

test is in four sections at the end of

the test you will be given ten minutes

to transfer your answers to an answer

sheet

now turn to section 1

section 1
you will

hear a woman calling the London Police

Department to report a robbery first you

have some time to look at questions

1 to 4

you

you will see that there is an example

which has been done for you on this

occasion only the conversation relating

to this will be played first


hello London Police Department yes I

would like to report a robbery

the woman says that she would like to

report a robbery so robbery has been

written in the space now we shall begin

you should answer the questions as you

listen because you will not hear the

recording a second time listen carefully

and answer questions 1 2 4

hello London Police Department yes I

would like to report a robbery all right

just a minute while I pull up the form

okay could you give me a first and last

name Anna Greek Anna Greg gr eg no Greek

GRI eg got it all right moving on gender

female

date of birth ______________________ all

right thanks

just a few more personal information

questions and then we can address your

claim all right what's the address for

Ellendale Street that's _____________________

all right Ellendale Street yeah we've

had a lot of break-ins in that area


lately and the postal code _______________and

are you a citizen of the UK no okay what

type of citizenship do you have well I

lived in the United States for most of

my life but I am actually of Grenadian

nationality okay so is that the country

that issued your passport yes all right

before you hear the rest of the

conversation you have some time to look

at questions

5 to 10

you

now listen and answer questions five to

ten

and what is the crime you're reporting I

already said a robbery alright sorry

this is about the ____________robbery

report I filled out today have you had

any prior break-ins in the building or

just my flat the unit below mine got

broken into last year no just your flat

oh then no not here all right let's see

here can you think of anything that was

out of the ordinary around your building


or anyone who may have had reason to do

this no it seemed like just a normal

evening I didn't see anyone suspicious

and can't think of anyone that would

target me specifically how long has this

been your place of residence hmm let me

think I moved in on February 1st and

it's October so it's been about ___________________


already Wow time flies and that

is just for Ellendale yeah yes I have

lived in the UK for just over one year I

see can you give me the first and last

names of all members of the household

actually I live alone okay so _________________________


and can you give me a brief

account of what happened I left to go to

a dinner party at 6:00 p.m. and when I

returned at 11:00 I found the place

ransacked and a lot of my things gone

any sign of forced entry yes the ______________________


was wide open

and it looked like someone used a

crowbar to force it open I see and just

to be clear was the door locked when you

left of course hey you would be


surprised how many reports we get where

people have failed to lock their doors

now I need you to list any missing items

valued above 200 pounds so far

I'm missing my computer my purse with my

____________________t in it and the TV okay let's start

with the computer what is the estimated

value 500 pounds and what is the serial

_______________________________ thank you and a visual description

it is a black 13-inch PEMDAS cloud book

there is an oxford sticker on the lid

okay and could you give me a description

of the purse

sure it's a Claude Frida shoulder bag

and the

Tyrael is _________________ cloth price 300

pounds okay that concludes my report

I'll submit it and we'll let you know of

any developments

that is the end of section one you now

have half a minute to check your answers

you

now turn to
section two
section two you will hear two students

called mark and Geena asking their tutor

for advice on the extracurricular

project first you have some time to look

at questions

11 to 14

you

now listen carefully and answer

questions 11 to 14

hi mark hi Gina what can I help you with

so we were hoping you could help us with

this extracurricular project sure what

is the topic attending Business School

this sounds like a great idea so you're

going to explain the ___________________ for

getting into _________________ not exactly

it will be more broadly about the

experience the academics accommodation

and social experience that comes with

being part of the business school I see

so would your audience be the general

public well we would probably want more

to focus on ___________________________
we would ________________ like to reach

individual ________________ to the business

school I see now what form will this

information be you could give a talk to

all the summer courses all you'd need is

permission from the course director or

you could pass out information outside

the student union those are both good

ideas _______________ sending out pamphlets (những cuốn sách nhỏ cung cấp thông tin về 1 chủ đề,
địa điểm)

in the mail most college students never

check their mail maybe you could ____________________ and show it on campus that's a

great idea we'll ________________ great and

as members of the business school do you

have an ___________________ to attract new

students if so this idea is a great way

to do that no the idea actually came

about because of how much students like

us ___________________ yeah when I

got into business school there were a

lot of things I had not prepared for so

the video would cover a lot of things

mark and I wish we had known upon

entering Business School right


before you hear the rest of the talk you

have some time to look at questions

15 to 20

you

now listen and answer questions 15 to 20

what would you talk about first the

first and probably most important

section would be academics good idea so

would you provide guidance on what

courses to take we want to focus

especially on the ________________professors

take their ____________________ it is far

different than what students are used to

in high school and even in liberal arts

college good idea and _____________________ you would spend explaining

academics we'll probably spend seven

minutes on it we also have some ideas

for talking about housing food options

and stuff like that __________________ how to tie it all together though I

think _____________________ to title that

section __________________ what do you think

that could work we'll definitely

describe the different dining options at

the cafeteria and then walk students


through flats and the grueling ________________

of finding one near the business school

campus okay so we ____________________ specifics

on the cafeteria as well as__________________ I

think those are both helpful we could

spend about six minutes on accommodation

and be sure to touch on those

specifically great is there anything

else you would talk about we definitely

want to go over the ___________________ of

attending school here of course I think

it's good to have a little fun once in a

while when you're working so hard in

school I think we are going to introduce

new students to the ________________that's so many

upperclassmen know and love maybe we'll

include a few other places too but

that's the main one we're also going to

invite students to _____________________


taking place in the first week

of school as a great chance for our

large international student population

to meet a lot of other new students it

can definitely be hard to meet people as

an international student I think that is


great idea you may want to spend

slightly longer on this section than the

other two mm-hmm

how about eight minutes that sounds

reasonable

so overall the introduction should take

three minutes and then the conclusion

_______________ giving us a total of 28

minutes I wouldn't rush your

introduction and maybe give it between

four

and six minutes the conclusion though

can be ______________ since it's just a quick

refresher of each of the topics give

that ______________________ okay so

in total the video should take about the

same time just more intro and less

conclusion precisely all right we're

going to get to work on our video thanks

for your help

that is the end of section 2 you now

have half a minute to check your answers

you

now turn to
section three
section three you will hear a student

called John talking to his classmate

Danny about the details of his research

project first you have some time to look

at questions 21 to 26

you

now listen carefully and answer

questions

21 to 26

so tell me about your research project

John I created a questionnaire for the

study to determine people's opinions of

the relative feasibility of earning a

living in Brisbane oh cool how is it

scored are they all multiple-choice

questions

well the questions consist primarily of

yes or no responses there are two free

response questions at the end

participants will __________________ to fill

in their answers that way it is really

easy to analyze the data afterward great

it sounds like you have a pretty solid


idea of what you should do just don't

forget to submit a copy of your plans to

Professor Curran by the 15th oh I almost

forgot

hmm you don't do it for the high grade

or appraise but he can review and ________________ right that will be helpful

he has been conducting studies like this

for thirty years now

yep or when I'm curious are you going to

be in the room giving subjects

directions for the questionnaire well I

think the instructions will be provided

_____________________ who will not

be analyzing the data I want them to

feel they can answer and be completely

anonymous so I will not be in the room

ononymity is really important for this

study I agree

good idea you ________________ the

representative to remind subjects to

fully ______________ of each issue

sometimes it's really easy to

immediately check yes or no without

stopping to think about it completely


that's so true it's like a race to

finish the questionnaire first or

something I'll make sure to include that

in the instructions this report has to

be perfect Wow what's the big deal I

know it's part of your grades nor well

it's that but also a well-executed study

you could grab the attention of faculty

in the department which would be a huge

deal so for attention pose silly I mean

I could really __________________________who may later take me on as a

graduate student

their labs oh I see

before you hear the rest of the talk you

have some time to look at questions

27 to 30

you

now listen carefully and answer

questions 27 to 30

let me take a look at the survey wow

this looks great

the map of the median income by region

is a great tool where did you find it

well thanks I read a lot of sources and


just noticed this one in a small

___________________ called modern

psychology it's more helpful than the

photo I added but I think the photo is

just so interesting it was in the

_________________r last year during that huge

wage strike it's great probably not

necessary but it looks great I don't

understand what is wkr ex's involvement

here oh the _______________ agreed to

sponsor the study if I play their

station in the room Wow interesting so

you _______________________ for any of this

exactly nice ________________

last month at the psychology club

__________________ someone talked about how

easy it is to ____________________ from local

businesses so I listened to their advice

and called around I'll have to remember

that well this all looks great good luck

that is the end of section 3 you now

have half a minute to check your answers

you

now turn to
section four
section four

you will hear the beginning of a lecture

about the Pleasanton town market first

you have some time to look at questions

31 to 40

you

now listen carefully and answer

questions 31 to 40

good afternoon in the last few lectures

we've been covering the social and

political pressures that influence the

rise of the rebellion of 1679 today I

would like to focus on the Pleasanton

town market now why are we talking all

about some market it's not like it was

the first market ever or even a

particularly large market the Pleasanton

town market is important because it is

often ________________________ (literature: các tài liệu viết, sách…) found

in the library if you have ever been

there you have probably seen all of the

handcrafted items sold there now but

what was originally bought and sold in


the town market in the _________________ the

market saw products such as meats furs

and simple tools over time though it

became known as the place to find

quality _________________ people came from all

over the world to find the biggest and

best cows pigs and chickens in fact the

profits from the town market became the

savior of a plummeting economy during a

time of much turmoil not to be confused

with the Reconstruction era a period of

rapid development came about in the

1660s as a result of the markets vendors

contributing their profits to _______________

up much-needed public facilities and

defense which would later make a huge

impact on the outcome of the war for

many years the market flourished and

began to draw in large tourism crowds in

addition to the throngs of livestock

customers however as revolutions in

farming came about more people moved to

farms far from the city center customers

grew more and more _______________


all the way to the town center for their

meats when they could easily choose to

buy from ______________ near them for a

fraction of the price with such a fall

in the profits of the town's major

profit generator some quality Town

Planning was needed in the mayoral

election of 1668 a young man of little

fame just barely claimed the popular

vote none other than the now legendary

John C Wiley while his first decision as

mayor of Pleasanton was to deal with the

quickly failing town market the building

with the large clock was a landmark

had symbolized growth in Pleasanton for

a generation while he decided to use the

notoriety of the town market to set an

example during the historical Rotterdam

rebellion while he gave all those

involved lifetime prison sentences in

the very same building it stayed a

_____________for about 50 more years until

they transported all remaining prisoners

to other facilities and turned it into


the historical monument today

now that you know the basics of the

history of the Pleasanton town market I

will introduce your next group project I

want you to make a short film based on

the real historical events that occurred

in Pleasanton before and during the

uprising I will give you some class time

to look through the library's reference

section but you will be responsible for

conducting further research outside of

class I suggest starting by _______________

information on the ________________ itself you'll

find plenty of information in fact some

students complain that there is actually

too much information on it on your own

time you could find family members of

old War veterans to conduct interviews

sometimes they provide wonderful insight

that you wouldn't find in proper history

books but be careful an __________________ that

is riddled with biases is________________I myself

have some very old _________________ here that

you are welcome to take a look at for


some inspiration I'm lucky enough to own

this ______________ of Jim Wiley himself very

interesting to see but does not provide

enough information to add much to your

film feel free to take this film into

whatever direction you choose you could

even do a crime thriller based on real

outlaws all you would have to do is look

through the newspaper archives in the

_________________section during that time period

try to get as much detail as you can but

you may end up having to draw your own

conclusions okay that's enough from me

so let's go on to

that is the end of section 4 you now

have half a minute to check your answers

you

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