1、TEST 4SECTION 1K:Conference Centre Reservations. Good morning.N:Hi. Im interested in the computing conference next month.K:Future Directions(Example) in Computing?N:Yes, thats right. Could I ask you a few questions about it?K:Of course.N:OK. I know the conference is for three days but actually I wan
2、t to attend on the Friday and Saturday only. Will that work out to be any cheaper?K:Let me have a look. Well, you could register for the two days separately, but that wouldnt actually save you very much as it still costs 35 for each day. In fact, if you could register for the three days, you also ge
3、t an invitation to a free dinner on the Saturday night, so thats probably the better option.N:Right, Ill do that. How much will the fees be in that ease?K:Its 75(Q1).N:All right. Id like to register for the full three days. Now, can I pay that by credit card?K:Im afraid not. Youll have to send a che
4、que(Q2) to us, or you can pay at the conference office.N:Fine. So its probably easiest if I pay by cheque. Now then, what else do I need to arrange? Right. How about accommodation? I guess thats not included in the price?K:No, Im sorry, its not, but we do have a few rooms available for delegates at
5、the conference centre if youd like. Those are very cheap but if youre interested youll need to book soon, because theres always a heavy demand for them. They are only 15(Q3) per night, but they are very basic and youd have to get your own breakfast, because they dont provide you with that. But its v
6、ery convenient, because its in the same building as the conference rooms.N:Uhuh.K:Or theres a very reasonable guest house which is 25(Q4) per night. And I think that includes your breakfast.N:Is it close to the conference centre?K:It would be about a ten-minute walk away from here(Q5).N:I see. That
7、sounds quite reasonable.K:The details are all in our conference pack(Q6). which Ill send you.N:Great, thanks Thatll he very useful. Oh, and can you also send me an application form?K:Of course. Ill get that in the post to you straight away. Is there anything else?N:Yes, actually. Can you tell me whe
8、re exactly the conference centre is?K:Well, its on South(Q7) Park Road and its right at the end of the road next to the library(Q8). Its a ten-minute taxi ride from the station and will cost you 5(Q9). Otherwise, you can take the bus which runs every half an hour from the station - thats the 21A(Q10
9、) - and it brings you straight to the conference centre.N:Right, got that.SECTION 2Good morning and welcome, everybody. Im Jenny Stewart and Im the Staff Manager hereat the exhibition centre. Were expecting this years International Travel Exhibition to attractover 10,000 visitors a day, ladies and g
10、entlemen, and you are among the two hundred extrastaff recruited to help look after them. Now, to help things run smoothly, we have dividedyou into four teams - the blue team, the green team, the red team, and the yellow team. Sofirst Ill explain how the teams are divided up, and then well be giving
11、 you colour-codedT-shirts so we can identify you more easily. First of all, those who will be looking after thephones and handling all calls regarding the exhibition, you will be on the red team. Now,weve also out the entrance staff on the red team and youll be stamping the entrance tickets(Q11)and
12、giving out publicity leaflets, OK?Those of you involved in distributing entrance tickets will be on the yellow team and wevealso put those of you wholl be staffing the information booths around the conferencecentre on the yellow team, so youll be getting a yellow T-shirt. Now, most of the hospitalit
13、ystaff have been put in the blue team, so the chefs among you and the kitchen hands willall need a blue T-shirt(Q12). but, because of the sheer numbers, all waiting staff will be on theyellow team, and this includes the bar staff among you. Those who will be monitoring anddirecting the traffic in th
14、e car parks are on the green team. (Q13) so youll need to get a greenT-shirt. This year weve also employed a considerable number of attendants to direct thehuman traffic around the conference centre. Now, youll be working in the exhibition hallat all times, giving directions and generally helping pe
15、ople whenever you can. and you willbe in the red team, so please collect a red T-shirt.Right, now that everyone knows what team theyre in, well get on with the orientation andtraining programme and first Ill run through the rest of todays programme, which youshould have in front of you, so that you
16、can get a general idea of what else is in store today.This introduction finishes at 9.30 and then youll be hearing from Anne Smith. Anne worksin the accounts department on level two and she looks after all temporary staff, and soshe is the person to see if you have any problems regarding pay. Anne w
17、ill be explainingwhen and how you get this. She will also be handing out your tax(Q14) forms. And I will juststress that all tax forms must be completed and returned to Anne before your pay can beprocessed. Following Annes talk youll hear from Peter Chen, our Conference Manager,and he will be going
18、over a plan of the conference centre with you, which will help you toorient yourselves. He will also go through the security(Q15) arrangements with you and showyou the fire exits. Then at 10.30, there will be a coffee break in the staff canteen, which islocated down on the ground floor(Q16). Now, af
19、ter the break well be moving to a differentlocation for a video presentation, so instead of coming back here, wed like you all to goto Lecture Room three-one-one(Q17). Youll find it on this same level, just down the hall andthere you will be shown a video about important safety issues in the workpla
20、ce, calledSafety at Work(Q18). Well finish off the morning with lunch, which should give everyone achance to meet and get to know each other, and well be serving you a buffet lunch inthe Main Hall(Q19). which is on the first floor, from 12.00 oclock. After lunch youll bedivided up into your teams to
21、 meet your team leaders(Q20) and were hoping to be allfinished by 3.00 so I wont delay you any longer, and Ill hand over to.SECTION 3N:Good afternoon. Can 1 help you?T:Good afternoon. Yes, Ive just transferred to the School of Education, and Id like information about joining the library.N:Well, the
22、School of Education has libraries on two sites, as Im sure you know. This one here is the Fordham Site, and the other is on Castle Road.T:And is there any difference between the two libraries?N:Not in terms of their facilities Access to online databases and the Internet is available at both sites an
23、d each site has a range of reference(Q21) materials on education.T:Oh yes. I see.N:But the Castle Road site has books on the sociology of education and a collection of textbooks(Q22) and teaching resources covering most of the subjects taught in secondary(Q23) schools.T:Ah, right, but Im training to
24、 be a primary teacher so I need to look at materials for the five to eleven age group.N:Then youve come to the right place. At Fordham we hold material relating to primary(Q24) education, as well as special needs, but of course youll need to familiarise yourself with both sites to make the most of o
25、ur resourcesT:You havent mentioned periodicals. Are they held at both sites?N:Current issues, yes but if you want to look at back(Q25) issues youll need to use the CD-ROM databases which are held here at Fordham.T:I see. Now, about borrowing books. Im living out of town, so Im hoping I can borrow qu
26、ite a few items, and cut down on the number of trips I have to make.N: Right, well, members can borrow two books at a time from each site.T:Only two books?N:Only two from each site, hut thats four altogether.T:Oh I see, and how long can I hang on to them for?N:The borrowing period is one month, but
27、of course books can be renewed. You can renew any item a maximum of three times.T: Do I have to come to the library to do that?N:No, you can do it by telephone or email, but you cant renew overdue(Q26) books this way, only before or on the due date stamped in the hook. Well need your full name, your
28、 borrower number and the name of the site library you borrowed the items from.T:So theoretically I can borrow books for up to three months - is that what youre saying?N: yes, provided theyre not recalled.T:So, what happens then?N:Well, sometimes an item is requested by another borrower, in which cas
29、e wed send you a letter, and youd have to return the book within seven working days(Q27). Dont forget were closed on Sundays.T:OK.T:I expect itll take me a while to find what I need. Theres such a lot here.N:Yes there is, but if you need help getting started, this term were running three study skill
30、s workshops.T:Oh? What are they on?N:Er, let me see. The first ones on resources - yes, here it is. How to use the librarys resources. That includes everything, not just the print and technical resources. (Q28/29/30)T:That sounds useful, Is there anything on using the Internet?N:Er, lets see. The on
31、e on the Internet for beginners was last term. This term its finding research materials online(Q28/29/30).T:That sounds interesting too, hm, whats the last one?N:Its a worksbop on dissertations(Q28/29/30).T:What do you mean - how to write one?N:Er, no its more to do with academic writing conventions
32、, you know - writing a bibliography and how to refer to sources in your text. That sort of thing. Anyway, heres a leaflet with information about all three.T:Thanks a lot. Thatll be very useful.N:Youre welcome.SECTION 4Well, most people think that lions only come from Africa. And you would be forgive
33、n forthinking this, because in fact most lions do come from Africa. But this hasnt always beenthe case. If we go back ten thousand years we would find that there were lions roamingvast sections of the globe. But now, unfortunately, only very small sections of the lionsformer habitat remain.My partic
34、ular interest is Asiatic lions, which are a sub-species of African lions. Its almosta hundred thousand years since the Asiatic lions split off and developed as a sub-species. (Q31)At one time the Asiatic lion was living as far west as Greece and they were found from there,in a band that spread east
35、through various countries of the Middle East, all the way toIndia. In museums, you can now see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiaticlion on them(Q32). Most of them are dated at around 500 B.C. However, Europe saw its lastAsiatic lion roaming free two thousand years ago(Q33). Over the nex
36、t nineteen hundred yearsthe numbers of Asiatic lions in the other areas declined steadily, but it was only inthe nineteenth century that they disappeared from everywhere but India.So, how can you tell an Asiatic lion from an African lion, with which youre probably morefamiliar? Well, in general, Asi
37、atic lions are not as big as African lions The colour is moreor less the same, but the appearance of the mane is different - thats the hair around thelions face and neck. The Asiatic lions mane is noticeably shorter than the African lionsAsiatic lions also have a long fold of skin on their underside
38、s, whereas not manyAfrican lions have this(Q34).Well, Id like to talk to you now about the Gir Sanctuary in India. Thats where Ive justcome back from. The sanctuary was established specifically to protect the Asiatic lion.Its 1,450(Q35) square kilometres in area and most of it is forest. There are n
39、ow aroundthree hundred Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in thissanctuary.But despite living in a sanctuary, which makes them safe from hunters, they still face anumber of problems that threaten their survival. One of these is the ever-present dangerof disease(Q36). This is what kill
40、ed more than a third of Africas Serengeti lions in 1994, andpeople are fearful that something similar could happen in the Gir Sanctuary and kill offmany of the Asiatic lions there.Indias lions are particularly vulnerable because they have a limited gene pool. The reasonfor this is interesting- its b
41、ecause all of them are descended from a few dozen lions thatwere saved by a prince(Q37) who took a particular interest in them. He was very wealthy, andhe managed to protect them otherwise theyd probably have died out completely.When you see the Asiatic lion in India, what you sense is enormous vita
42、lity. Theyre veryimpressive beasts and you would never guess that they had this vulnerability when youlook at them.The Asiatic lions dont have the Gir Sanctuary to themselves, I should add. They actuallyshare it with about two thousand farmers. A significant proportion of the lions diet(Q38) ismade
43、up of the livestock of these farmers - goats, chickens and so on - as much as a third,in fact. And theyve even been known to attack humans(Q39), especially in times of drought.One final piece of interesting information - in ancient India one of the greatest tests ofleadership(Q40) for a man was to fight a lion. Now it seems, in modern India it will be a greattest to see if the lion can be saved, Im sure this is something that all of you will shareconcern for too.
