Julie Brooks welcomes new college students to the Sports Centre. She explains how to join and what it costs, the booking rules and opening hours, and then describes where each facility is on the sports complex.
Questions 11-20 · 10 marks · 3 question blocks
One speaker, in order. 11-13 come in the membership section, 14-16 in the booking and opening-hours section. The dashed break and 'So, what exactly are the facilities?' start the map, which she describes from the Main Hall where everyone is sitting.
Type what you wrote and hit mark. Hide the key first if you haven't done the part yet. Every question number jumps to its explanation.
| Q | Your answer | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Questions 11-13 · Table completion (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER) | ||
| 11 | 9.50Also accepted: £9.50 | |
| 12 | yearAlso accepted: annum | |
| 13 | receptionAlso accepted: the reception | |
| Questions 14-16 · Note completion (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS) | ||
| 14 | card | |
| 15 | book | |
| 16 | weekdays | |
| Questions 17-20 · Map labelling (A-G) | ||
| 17 | F | |
| 18 | D | |
| 19 | G | |
| 20 | E | |
How to attack this block: Cost, place and time of registration all come in two sentences, so be ready from her first words about membership. Note that the cost row has two gaps: an amount and a time period.
Also accepted: £9.50
How much does membership cost?
All students at the college are entitled to become members of the Sports Centre, for an annual fee of £9.50.
Question says → You hear
Why: The fee is £9.50. The pound sign is printed, so write 9.50 and keep the pence.
The trap: 50 comes up again later as the 50 per cent morning discount. Don't mix the fee and the discount.
Also accepted: annum
What period does the fee cover?
for an annual fee of £9.50
Question says → You hear
Why: Annual means once a year, so the fee is £9.50 per year. Annum is also accepted.
The trap: 'Annual' is the word you hear, but 'per annual' isn't English. The gap after 'per' needs a noun.
Also accepted: the reception
Where do students go to register?
To register with us and get your membership card, you need to come to reception, between 2 and 6 pm, Monday to Thursday.
Question says → You hear
Why: The place is reception, and she repeats it a moment later ('Monday to Thursday, 2 to 6, at reception').
The trap: The Main Hall is where the talk is happening, not where you register.
How to attack this block: The first two gaps come from one sentence about what to bring and when. The third is a day pattern: weekdays versus Saturdays. Saturday is printed, so you need the other one.
What must you always bring to the Centre?
Then once you have got your sports card, you will need to bring it with you whenever you come to book or use any Sports Centre facilities.
Question says → You hear
Why: 'It' refers back to 'your sports card'. The word sports is printed, so the gap is card.
The trap: The Union card and photo are what you bring to register. After that, it's the sports card you bring every time.
Apart from using the facilities, when must you bring the card?
whenever you come to book or use any Sports Centre facilities. Booking over the phone is not allowed
Question says → You hear
Why: The note copies 'or use' straight from the recording, so the word before it is book.
The trap: 'Register' is said earlier, but that only happens once. The note is about every visit.
On which days is the Centre open from 9 am to 10 pm?
We are now open from 9am to 10pm on weekdays and from 10am to 6pm on Saturdays.
Question says → You hear
Why: The two time ranges match the two day patterns, and the Saturday one is printed. So 9 am to 10 pm is weekdays.
The trap: Monday to Thursday is the registration time, not the opening hours. Don't reuse it here.
How to attack this block: She describes the buildings from where the audience is sitting, in the Main Hall. Use the Main Hall and the car park as fixed points, then follow 'on the other side of' and 'at the far end of'. Some places in the box are never on the map: the tennis courts are at a club two miles away.
Which building is number 17?
this room we are in at the moment is called the Main Hall … On the other side of the reception area there is the dance studio
Question says → You hear
Why: The reception area lies between the Main Hall, where she is speaking, and the dance studio. Building 17 is that middle area: Reception, F.
The trap: The dance studio is in the same sentence, but it's beyond reception, on the far side from the Main Hall.
Which building is number 18?
On the other side of the reception area there is the dance studio; this provides a smaller, more intimate space
Question says → You hear
Why: Go from the Main Hall through reception and out the other side: that's the dance studio, D.
The trap: The arts studio is in the box and sounds similar, but it's never mentioned.
Which building is number 19?
Then in a separate building, which you may have noticed on your way here . . . it's on the other side of the car park . . . there are the squash courts (six of them)
Question says → You hear
Why: The separate building across the car park holds the squash courts, G.
The trap: The tennis courts are mentioned later, but they belong to a local club two miles away, not to the campus map.
Which building is number 20?
there are the squash courts (six of them), and at the far end of the building a fitness room
Question says → You hear
Why: The fitness room shares the building with the squash courts but is at the far end of it. That's E.
The trap: The squash courts and the fitness room are easy to swap. The squash courts are the part you reach first from the car park.
Nobody says 'per year'. She says 'an annual fee', and the table turns it into 'per ...'. Write year (or annum), not annual.
Reception is never described on its own. It's the area between the Main Hall and the dance studio: 'on the other side of the reception area there is the dance studio'.
The squash courts and the fitness room are in the same separate building. The fitness room is 'at the far end', so it's the part further from the car park.
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