Listening test 4 birth statistics answers

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for you will hear a number of different recordings and you'll 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

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is in four sections write all your answers in the

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you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet now turn to section one section one you will hear a conversation between two friends who are planning to visit a friend of theirs who has just had a baby first you have some time to look at questions one to five 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 john i've just had some good news susan has had her baby do you know when she had it yesterday the 10th of august oh my father was born on august the 10th the baby was born on the 10th of august so the 10th of august has been written on the form now we shall begin you should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time listen carefully to the first part of the conversation and answer questions

one to five john i've just had some good news susan has had her baby do you know when she had it yesterday the 10th of august oh my father was born on august the 10th give me the details and i'll make a note for everyone at work okay well was it a boy or a girl it's a boy and what are they gonna call him tom tom lightfoot that sounds quite good don't you think yes that has quite a good ring to it you know he's quite a big baby he weighed four and a quarter kilos when he was

born oh that does sound big four and a quarter kilos and he's long too 46 centimeters hmm tall parents you'll grow up to be over two meters i'd say with masses of black hair curly black hair you know we should go and visit them in hospital what about tomorrow afternoon at around 1pm yes okay where should we meet ah i could come and pick you up at your house if you like yes that would be wonderful my car is still off the road just refresh my memory uh what's the address again

it's 15 chesterfield road paddington it's next to the library isn't it not exactly it's next to a bank the state bank actually the library is opposite us on the corner that's right and there's a garage on the other street corner i remember now um so you'll pick me up at a quarter to one and we'll be there at one easily before you hear the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions six to ten now listen and answer questions six to ten now what

should we take we must take them something i always think flowers are good to take to someone in hospital don't you well not really everyone always brings flowers and they don't last i think it's much better to take a pot plant so she can take it home with her yes but then she has to remember to water it and what about a big box of chocolates okay chocolate sounds fine we should get something for the baby too what do you think yes you're right what do you think of something like

baby shampoo or talcum powder or we could get a little hat or something like that we don't know the size or the right color do we i think we should get something they wouldn't normally buy what about a soft toy of some sort yes a soft toy what about a teddy bear i could get one early tomorrow at the market and i could probably get the chocolates there too good so you'll pick me up at a quarter to one at my place and i'll make sure that i've got the presents you must remember

how much you paid for the gifts so i can pay you back for half if they're going to be from both of us i would like to go shares okay i'd say the chocolates would be about 15 for something nice and not too small and the toy would be around 35 or so i think good that'll be fine about 25 each then good i'll pick you up then on sunday at 12 45 okay see you then bye that is the end of section one you will now have half a minute to check your answers now turn to section two section two

you will hear a popular science radio program liz shearer talks about some new devices for use in the home first you have some time to look at questions 11 to sixteen now listen carefully to the radio program and answer questions 11 to 16. good evening tonight's show comes to you from the good home exhibition in duke's court where we've been trying out some of the la

gadgets on show here and getting our resident expert liz shearer to tell us which ones are worth buying and which

will die death well hello yes john i've been investigating four new household gadgets and sorting out the advantages and disadvantages and then really deciding what our must buys what our maybe buys and what our never buys let's start with this vacuum flask for keeping drinks hot well i felt this had quite a lot going for it most of all is the fact that it contains no glass and is therefore unbreakable to all intents and purposes it's made of stainless steel which is guaranteed for

20 years hope that's long enough and it's true what the manufacturer claims that it does maintain heat for 18 hours so that's pretty good on the downside it really works out to be quite expensive and much more surprisingly it unfortunately leaves a strange taste you know when you've drunk from it so all in all my recommendation would be it's got plenty of advantages but it is rather expensive so i'd say you should maybe buy it moving on to a natty little device the

whistle key holder basically this is where you whistle and the key holder gives off a high-pitched noise and flashes light so you can find it one advantage of this model is that it also has a small light you press the button and this means you can find keyholes easily i also felt the small size was a real advantage on the weaker side i did find the noise unpleasant which i'm sure the designers could have done something about and i found that it didn't work through metal so it's

mainly useful finding in coat pockets cushions etc but taken as a whole i thought it was a masterpiece of design and would highly recommend it now you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20. now listen and answer questions 17 to 20. the third gizmo is called the army flashlight because it was developed initially for military use it works by squeezing the handle to generate the power its advantages are that it can be used for outside activities and also and this is one of the surprising

features it does work underwater my main objection to it though was although it did work in these conditions this model gave off a weak light so my recommendation i'm afraid would have to be to avoid this one the decoy camera was last on my list this is a fake video camera which you fixed your wall to scare off burglars the advantage of this model is something which makes it look very realistic it's flashing light on the downside it was quite difficult to fix to the wall however burglary

is such a major problem these days that it is worth the effort so this gets my strong recommendation okay thanks for that list and now that is the end of section two you will now have half a minute to check your answers now turn to section three section three listen to a female student amina talking to her tutor dr bryson about her project on local history amina has completed a first draft of the project first you have some time to look at questions 21 to 26 now listen carefully to the first

part of the discussion and answer questions 21 to 26. well amina thanks for letting me have your draft in such good time oh that's all right i was just um very anxious to hear what you think of it you can see that i decided to change the topic i had been interested in looking at bearings factory oh i think the hospital was a much better choice in fact well i have to say that i thought it was good oh there's still lots of work to be done oh yes of course but there's plenty of good

ideas it opens well and the first chapter is fine but the middle section really stood out for me most interesting that's amazing because i really didn't find it a bit easy to write how long did you work on the whole thing well i spent about two or three weeks reading and doing general research and then i dashed the writing off very quickly so about four weeks you know well that's about par for the course you've got a while yet to make the changes oh right no problem right

let's have a look at my notes here okay starting with section headings so the broad divisions are good but you'll have to redo the actual headings i've made some suggestions in the margins okay thanks now this information on local housing i can see why you put it there but it really isn't relevant to the approach you've taken i think i see what you mean oh what did i say about the interviews i worked very hard on those i really thought they were valuable oh they are amina but

they're very complex and rather unclear at the moment you're gonna have to spend a bit of time making the data a lot clearer okay as long as i don't have to remove them all together no don't worry what about the chronology the list of dates i wasn't sure whether i should rewrite those my advice on that is to take them out i feel it makes the whole piece appear too simplistic okay if it'll help now you have some time to look at questions 27 to 30. now listen to the rest of

the discussion and answer questions 27 to 30. now there are a couple of other

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s i'd like you to look at have you got a pen right approaches to local history by john mervis right and then i think you need to think about ways of representing interview data have a look at sight and sound by kate oakwell sight and sound and you know i'm going away on holiday next week yes so when you've made the changes i suggest you show the work to your support tutor support tutor right then you do

the proofreading proofreading aha went by do you think i'd aim for the 29th of june and after that you should get it laser printed but be careful because the computer center closes on the 10th of july and then i hand it in to oh the faculty office as usual okay that's fine i think i'm all set now thanks very much for all your help a pleasure see you when i get back yep thanks dr bryson bye bye that is the end of section three you will now have half a minute to check your answers now

turn to section 4 section 4 you will hear a talk given by a university lecturer about the impact of environmental noise on a proposed building site before you hear the talk you have some time to look at questions 31 to 35. now listen carefully to the first part of the talk and answer questions 31 to 35 good afternoon i'm paula bundle and i am giving you the lectures on environmental noise this term today we're going to look into the effects of noise on a planned housing estate in a

particularly difficult part of the new manchester park area this site is not as bad as some i have researched in the past the blacktown airport is closed from 6pm to 7am and this is a great advantage to the site the only noise after dark is from the highway and the traffic is somewhat reduced between 7 30 p.m and 5 30 a.m so the people most affected by the noise will be i expect housewives by the time most of the students and workers have arrived back home in the evening during the week the

noise will have abated to a fairly large extent the weekends are still a problem of course but the traffic is certainly reduced on saturdays to a large extent and even more so on sundays of course modifications to houses will be necessary at a site like this and they come at a significant cost to the developer and home buyer the modifications i'm about to outline will add about 25 000 to the price of a newly built house that will still mean a cheaper house than in a less noisy and more

desirable area a bit of background would not go astray i understand that you are all familiar with the proposed development site at manchester park it's a particularly difficult one in terms of noise with the highway along the eastern perimeter and the blacktown airport not three kilometers away to the north of course those nearest the highway will be the worst hit with heavy traffic noise as well as the noise from the light planes overhead as you all know the normal noise threshold for

private housing is 55 decibels at this site the levels have been recorded as high as 67 decibels before the talk continues you have some time to look at questions 36 to 40. now as the talk continues answer questions 36 to forty the construction of the houses has to be somewhat modified from houses in most areas in the houses on the highway and in the noisiest areas of this site there will be a need for specialized double blazing and special acoustic seals will have to be fitted to the doors all

exterior doors in this especially noisy pocket will have to be solid core wood doors with hinges every house built on this site not just those adjacent to the highway or nearest to the airport will require high density insulation materials in the roof not only will all the roofs need insulating the exterior walls will be required to be double brick all ceilings will require double thickness plasterboard to be used in the construction in the noisiest areas mechanical ventilation will have to be

installed in the exterior walls in those areas with sealed windows it will be necessary to fit fans with absorbers to cut out the noise in those particular houses air conditioning units could also be fitted in the ceilings of such houses but this is substantially more expensive than fans and may not be needed on this site coming back now to the double glazing i mentioned before specialized double glazing requires a larger air gap between the inner and outer glass than normal double glazing the

gap must be at least seven centimeters the thickness of the glass is also a factor eight millimeters on the outside and six on the inside pane it's essential that the glass be thicker on the outside than on the inside and that the gap between the panes of glass be a minimum of seven centimeters obviously the noise factor will have to be taken into consideration with the layout of the houses living areas will have to be designed at the back of the houses away from the highway bedrooms and

living rooms will have to be built towards the back and for those houses closest to the highway two layers of plasterboard will be needed for the interior bedroom walls those rooms constructed at the front of the houses should be garages laundries kitchens bathrooms and dining rooms i have come to the conclusion that this development should go ahead but with various acoustic modifications according to the position of the block in relation to the highway and intersection that is the end of

section four you will now have half a minute to check your answers if you've got between 9 and 15 marks that's a band 4 for band 5 you need between 16 and 22 band 6 between 23 and 29 bands 7 30 to 34 band 8 35 to 38 and if you got 39 or 40 you will get a band nine so thanks for doing the

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