Star Travel agency listening answers
Listening test has a set of 40 questions which you have to answer in 30 minutes. The recording has 4 sections. the recording will be played once and it will never be playedagain. Show SECTION 1Questions 1 5 Complete the Travel agents notes below. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBERfor each answer. SUN TOURS TRAVEL AGENTS Example Answer Customers Name Mr. George Collins Other travellers Mrs. Jane Collins Require: 4 star quality hotel + breakfast; safe, warm, quietish, beach; pref. pool; lots of restaurants near hotel: no (3). needed Dates of Holiday Friday July 8th TO (4).. Sunday Pref. Flight Time Less than (5) Questions 6 10 Complete Georges notes below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer Possible Holiday Ideas Top End Prices Italy and France Bottom End Prices (6)., Greece and Turkey (Turkey + Cyprus too far) Crete Hotel Tropicana
Palm Hotel
Rhodes Ocean Hotel
Hotel Spiros
SECTION 2Questions 11 15 Complete the food options information sheet below. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer. Solaris Hotel and Holiday Village Food Options Meal Times Breakfast: 6.30am and 9.30am every day (Only in Harvest restaurant; English, American an (11).breakfasts on offer Lunch 12.00 noon to 2.30pm Dinner 7.00pm to 10.30pm Menus same for lunch + dinner: see (12). for specials Food Styles The Harvest Restaurant Traditional English + popular UK foreign dishes (eg: curry and spaghetti) The Dene Restaurant (13) The Mekong Restaurant Far Eastern Cuisine Payment * All restaurants free; (14)..needed for some specials * All soft drinks free; pay for alcoholic drinks * Pay any bill at end of meals or put on main bill pay at end of holiday Extras
Questions 16 20 Complete the activities information sheet below. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer. Solaris Hotel and Holiday Village Activities Beaches: main beach adult beach (17s or over) (16)..on duty from 9.00am to 6.00pm on main beach (none on adult beach) * Decked area with sun loungers in front of Harvest Restaurant with our 25 metre swimming pool * Steps from pool area to beach wash feet in foot pool to remove sand * (17)on beach + in pool area. Sports 8 tennis courts + 3 squash courts Fully equipped gym (No under 18s) 6 full sized snooker tables + 5 pool tables in games room adjoining the bar. (only charge for hiring any equipment) Water Sports water skiing + jet skis available (extra charge) snorkelling, infiatables and pedallos (free) (details from (18).) Library & Cinemas Library contains books, magazines + newspapers. See (19)..for terms + conditions 2 cinemas show 3 different films each every day. Shows at 2.00pm, 5.30pm + 8.30pm (First 2 shows always have a film for kids) (20).not allowed to attend 8.30 shows SECTION 3Questions 21 26 Complete the three tables below. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer. Worlds Most Spoken Languages Rank Language No. of Speakers 2 (21) 333 million 3 Spanish 332 million 4 English (22) Worlds Most Spoken Languages Rank Language No. of Countries 2 French 35 3 (23). 24 4 Spanish (24) Worlds Most Influential Languages 6 weighing factors 1 Number of primary speakers 2 Number of (25).. 3 Number and population of countries where languages are used 4 Number of major fields using the language internationally 5 (26)of countries using the language 6 Socio-literary prestige of the language Questions 27 30 Complete the notes below of the second half of Jamie and Rebeccas presentation. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer. Jamie and Rebeccas Presentation Large countries currently shifting wortd economic balance of power: China Reasons for shift size of the populations
SECTION 4Questions 31 35 Complete the sentences below. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer. 31. Mad cow disease attacks the of the affected cows brains. 32. BSE is thought to be caused by infectious forms of known as prions. 33. Abnormal prions in BSE infected cattle are found in the small intestines, .. and the central nervous tissues. 34. Humans can take in the abnormal prions when they eat infected beef as the prions are resistant to the usual.. such as heat. 35. The one American case of CJD was a woman who caught it inbefore going to the US. Questions 36 40 Complete the summary below of the second half of the humanities lecture on BSE. WriteNO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer. SUMMARY CJD causes gradual loss of mental function and movement due to brain damage from abnormal prions or it can be possibly (36).. CJD usually affects younger people (between ages 20 to 70) usually showing symptoms In patients (37) Symptoms include personality changes and problems with (38) Once symptoms appear, the disorderprogresses quickly to disability and death. The exact causes of 8SE are unknown but the first UK cases have indicated that it could come from a prion disease in (39). called scrapie that was fed to cattle. Dead cattle with scrapie were then fed to (40) making them cannibals. So, we are in turn infected by the disease that we created when we eat infected beef. Answer & Explanation
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