Summer Music Festival Booking Form Listening

Cambridge IELTS 8 from the University of Cambridge esol exams published by Cambridge University Press this recording is copyright cd1 test1 you will listen to several different recordings and will have to answer questions about what you hear, there will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and You will have the opportunity to verify your work. All recordings will be played once. Only the test is divided into four sections. At the end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet. Now move on to section one. section one you will hear a conversation between two friends called George and Nina about a

summer

music

festival

first you have some time to look at questions one and two you will see that there is an example that has been done for you on this occasion only the related conversation with this it will play first Hi George, I'm glad you're back.

Many people have called you. I really felt like your secretary. I'm sorry. I went to the library this afternoon to look at a newspaper and found something really interesting. What a book, no, a booklet for A Summer Festival, mainly Spanish

music

. Look, I have it here. George says that he found a flyer for a

festival

, so B has been circled in response. Now we will begin. You must answer the questions while

listening

. because you won't listen to the recording a second time listen carefully and answer questions one and two Hi George, I'm glad you're back. Many people have called you.

I really felt like your secretary. I'm sorry. I went to the library this afternoon to take a look. In a newspaper and I came across something really interesting, what a book, no, A Summer Festival brochure, mainly Spanish music. Look, I have it here. Spanish music. I really love the guitar, let's take a look, what is this group? uh guitarini, they are. Really cool, they had a video with all the highlights of the festival on a booth in the lobby of the library, so I heard them play fantastic instruments, drums, flutes and old guitars. I've never heard anything like this before, it sounds great.

If we go, then we spoil ourselves. Yes, the only problem is that there are no cheap seats. Everything has one price. In that case, we could sit right in front. We would have a very good view. Yes, although I think if you sit down. In the back you can hear everything better. Yes, we can still decide when we'll get there before you hear the rest of the conversation. You have some time to look at questions three through ten. Now listen and answer questions 3 to 10. We will do that too. Fill out the

form

or I will do it.

Name George O'Neill Address 48 North Avenue West Sea. Do you remember our new zip code? I still don't remember it. One minute. I have it written here. Ah, WS6. 2y h do you also need the phone please? I'm really bad with numbers zero one six seven four double five three two four two so let's book two tickets for guitarini okay, if you're sure 750 each is fine, how do you feel? the singer um I haven't quite decided, but I've noticed something on the

booking

form

that might convince me what that is, so free soft drinks, really yes, look here on Sunday June 17th.

The singer's ticket, £6 including drinks in the garden, sounds like a bargain. For me, yeah, let's book two tickets for that, so what else am I really interested in right now? How about The Pianist on June 22 at Aventura? I just remembered it's my night class night. Alright. I'll have to continue. mine, but we can go to the Spanish guitar concert together, right? Yes, I'm sure Tom and Kieran would enjoy it too well. Geez, 10 quid fifty a ticket. I see we're going to have to go without food for the rest of the week we'll need to reserve four I wish we were students look kids students and seniors get 50 off everything if only that's the end of section one now You have half a minute to check your answers, now move on to section two section two you will hear the education officer of a dinosaur museum giving information to some teachers who are planning a visit to the school first you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15 Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.

Hello and thank you for inviting me to your teacher meeting to talk about the Dinosaur Museum and tell you a little about what you can do with your students there. Well, first let me give you some basic information regarding opening hours. every day of the week from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. except Mondays when we close at 1:30 p.m. and in fact the only day of the year we close is December 25. You can book a guided tour for your school group at any time. that we are open if you bring a school group to the museum when you arrive we ask that you stay with your group in the parking lot one or more of the tour guides will meet you there and brief you on what the tour will be about We do this there because our entrance fee is quite small and we don't really have much room for information groups in the exhibition area in terms of the amount of time it needs.

If you are bringing a school group, you should plan to allow a minimum of 90 minutes for the tour, this allows 15 minutes for getting on and off the bus, 45 minutes for the guided tour, and 30 minutes for post-tour activities. If you are going to have lunch at the Museum, of course, you will have to allow more time there. There are two cafes in the museum with capacity for 80 people. If you want to eat there you will have to reserve some seats as they can get quite crowded at lunch time. Outside the museum, in the back, there are tables and students are welcome to bring their own lunch. and eat it outdoors before

listening

to the rest of the talk.

You have time to look at questions 16 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20. When students enter the museum lobby, we ask them to review. in their backpacks with their books, lunch boxes, etc. in the cloakroom before entering the museum. I'm afraid in the past we have missed some things after school visits so this is a strict rule and some of the exhibits are fragile and we don't want them accidentally knocked over but we do provide students with booklets with questions and quizzes . There are so many things students can learn at the museum and it is fun for them to have something to do, of course they will need it.

To bring something to write about, we allow students to take pictures for students doing projects. It is helpful to make some sort of visual record of what they see that they can add to their reports, and finally, they should not bring anything to eat. to the museum or drinks of any kind there are also some things students can do after the tour in the theater downstairs there are continuous screenings of short documentaries about dinosaurs that they can watch at any time we used to have an activity room with more interactive things such as making dinosaur models and drawing and painting pictures, even searching for dinosaur eggs, but unfortunately the room was recently damaged by a heavy storm when water entered the ceiling, so it is closed at the moment, but we have an I.T.

Center where students have access to CD-ROMs with a variety of dinosaur games. These games are a lot of fun but they also teach students about the life of dinosaurs, how they found food, protected their habitat, survived threats like that, and, um, I think. That's all I have to tell you, feel free to ask any questions if you want to know anything more. This is the end of section two. You now have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section three. Section three. You will hear a A student named Sandra talks to her tutor about a draft proposal she has written for a competition.

First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 24. Now she listens carefully and answers questions 21 to 24 correctly. Sandra, you wanted to see me for feedback. about her group's proposal, the one she is presenting for the Geography Society's excursion contest, she huh. I've had a look at your proposal and I think it's a very good choice, in fact I only have a few things to say about it, but even in an outline document like this, you really have to be careful to avoid typos and problems with the layout in the proposal and even on the contents page, so read it carefully before submitting, it's okay, and I've made some notes on the proposal about things that could have been sequenced better.

I'll be fine as far as the writing itself. I have noted the proposal as and where I thought it could be improved in general terms. I feel like you've often used complex structures and long sentences for the sake of it and as a consequence, even though you're writing paragraphs, including subheadings helps, sometimes it's quite difficult to follow your train of thought, so shorten them a bit, can you? really if? And don't forget the simple format like numbering, right? use page numbers. I didn't mean to say that you remembered to include headers and footers, which is good, but to list your ideas clearly it is important to number them or use bullets, which is even clearer, then you will focus the reader on your main points.

I thought your suggestion to go to the Navajo Tribal Park was a very good idea. Yes, I always wanted to go there. My dad was a big fan of cowboy and wild west movies, so I got to see all the epics, many of which were filmed there. As a result, it feels very familiar to me and is amazing both geographically and visually, so it's a place I've always wanted to visit. The subsequent research I did and the pictures online made me even more enthusiastic before you hear the rest of the conversation. You have some time. to look at questions 25 to 30. now listen and answer questions 25 to 30. interesting, let's now look at the content of your proposal, did you find it complete enough?

Yes and no. You have listed several different topics on your contents page but I'm not sure they are all relevant, well something I needed for the plateau and the cliffs, the way they rise from the flat landscape is just amazing, the fact that that the surrounding softer rocks were eroded by wind and rain, leaving these enormous. outcrops high above the plain, it's no wonder tourists flock to see the area. Yes, I agree with including those points and then the fact that it has been the home of the Navajo Native Americans and all the social history that comes with the hardships that made them beloved. trying to save their territory from invading settlers their culture is so rich all those wonderful stories well I agree it's interesting but it's not immediately relevant to your proposal Sandra so at this stage I suggest you focus on others considerations, I think it's an indication of what students on the trip might do when they get there, it should be much more central, so it certainly needs to be included and expanded upon, and I'd also like to see something about wildlife and local vegetation, although I don't think there is much to do.

Look, presumably the tourist invasion hasn't helped, okay, I'll do a little work on those two areas too, but you're right, there's not much besides some species with very shallow roots, even though it's cold and snowy there in the winter, Earth It's baked. so strong under the

summer

sun that rainwater cannot penetrate, so it is actually a case of flood or drought, so I understand that now, before we look at everything in more detail. I have some factual questions for you, it would be a good idea to include the answers in your finished proposal because they are missing from your draft fine, so you mentioned the monoliths and the spiers, which was fine, but what area does the tribal park cover?

Knows? 12,000 hectares and the plane is about 5,850 meters above sea level. The sea level is higher than I expected. Okay, where is the closest accommodation? It's a practical detail that you haven't included. Have you researched this? Yes, there isn't anywhere to stay in the park, but there is an old trading post called Goulding quite close to all kinds of Tours also start in Goulding. What type of tours? Well, the most popular ones are in four-wheel drive jeeps, but I wouldn't recommend hiring them. I think the best way to appreciate the area would be to rent horses and hike bikes.

It is not allowed and it is impossible to drive through the area in private vehicles. The tracks are very rough. Well, finally, what else is worth visiting? There are several caves, but I haven't investigated any details. I will discover them. Well, now what? I would like to know more about that. It's the end of section three. You now have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section 4. In section four, you will hear a teacher's introduction to a geography module. First you will have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. so welcome to your introductory lecture on geography, we will start with some basic concepts, first of all, what do we learn by studying geography?

Well we learn a lot about everyonethe processes that have affected and continue to affect the Earth's surface, but we learn much more than that because the study of geography also tells us about the different types of relationships that develop between a particular environment and the people who live there. Well, we like to think that geography has two main branches are the study of the nature of our planet, its physical characteristics, what it actually looks like and then there is the study of the ways we choose to live and the impact of those on our planet. . Our current use of carbon fuels is. a good example of that, but there are also more specific areas of study to consider and we will look at each of them throughout the semester.

These include biophysical geography, that is, the study of the natural environment and all its living beings. There is surveying which analyzes the shapes of the land and oceans, there is the study of political geography and also social geography, of course, which is the study of communities of people. We have economic geography in which we examine all types of resources in their use, agriculture for example, then comes historical geography, understanding how people and their environments and the ways they interact have changed over a period of time and urban geography is one aspect. I am particularly interested in what focuses on the location of cities, the services that those cities provide and the migration of people to and from those cities and lastly we have cartography, which is the art and science of creation of maps.

To summarize before we continue, we now have our key answer. Studying this topic is important because without geographical knowledge we would know very little about our environment and we would not be able to identify all the problems related to it, by definition. we wouldn't be in an informed position to figure out how to solve any of them. Okay, now, some practicalities. What do geographers do really well? To start, we collect data. You'll do a lot of that on your first excursion. As? We do this? There are several means: for example, we could carry out a population census in a certain area.

Perhaps we also need images of the Earth's surface that we can produce using computer generating technology or with the help of satellite broadcasts that we have. We have come a long way since the first explorations of the world by sailing ships, when geographers had only pens and paper at their disposal. After we have collected our information, we must analyze it, we must look for patterns, most commonly those of causes and consequences. This type of information helps us predict and solve problems that could affect the world we live in, but we do not keep all this information confidential, then we need to publish our findings so that other people can access them and be informed in a way.

Where this information can be published is in the form of maps that everyone will have used at some point in their life. Let's consider the benefits of maps from the perspective of a geographer. Maps can be folded and kept in a pocket and can provide a great reserve of reference when compiled into an atlas, they can represent the physical features of the entire planet if necessary or just a small part of it in much greater detail, but There is the disadvantage that you cannot exactly replicate something that consists of three. -dimensional like our planet on a flat sheet of paper because paper only has two dimensions and that means there will always be a certain degree of distortion in a map.

It can not be helped. We can also use aerial photographs taken by cameras. high above the Earth, they are excellent for showing all kinds of geographical features that are not easy to see from the ground. It can easily illustrate areas of diseased trees or how much traffic there is on the roads at a given time or information about the depths of the sea. beds for example, then there are earth satellites, these are satellites that orbit the Earth and transmit visual information to computers at receiving stations. They orbit the Earth several times a day and can provide massive information.

Everyone will be familiar with the information you provide us. the weather, for example, so what we're going to do now is watch a short presentation where you'll see all of these tools, which is the end of section four. You now have half a minute to check your answers which is the end of the listening test in the IELTS exam you will now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet