A recorded phone message from the Travelite travel agency first lists the menu options, then describes the company's guided walking holidays: where they run, how the walks are organised, what single travellers pay and the evening entertainment. It ends with the prices and extras for three-, seven- and fourteen-day holidays.
Questions 11-20 · 10 marks · 2 question blocks
All in order. Question 11 comes from the phone menu at the very start. Questions 12-15 come from the walking holidays description. After 'a summary of costs', Questions 16-20 fill the price table, shortest holiday first.
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.
How to attack this block: The message is full of facts that sound like the options but say something slightly different: where they are now versus where they plan to go, who plans the walks, 'nearly every night' versus every night. Listen to the qualifiers, because that's where the answers are decided.
Which button gives you holiday prices?
If you want to hear about special offers, please press 1. If you want to hear our latest price lists, please press 2.
Why: Price lists tell you how much holidays cost, so press two, B.
The trap: Special offers, button one, comes first and sounds like it's about money, but it's a different service. Button three is for complaints.
Where do Travelite currently run walking holidays?
in 12 different centres throughout the whole of Western Europe. We are planning to open our first centre outside this area in the coming year
Why: All 12 centres are in Western Europe, and the first one outside it hasn't opened yet. So right now, only in Western Europe, A.
The trap: C, outside Europe, is a future plan. 'The whole of Western Europe' can sound like all of Europe, B, but Western is the key word.
What is true about the walks Travelite offers?
Each day we offer three separate walks catering for all skills and fitness levels.
Why: Walks for 'all skills and fitness levels' cater for a range of walking abilities, A.
The trap: B is close to what's said about guides, but the guides work in a variety of Travelite locations; they aren't local. C reverses the fitness point: the walks are for all levels, not just fit people.
What do people travelling alone pay?
we guarantee that no single client will pay more, even when only double rooms are available for them
Why: No single client pays more, so they pay the same as everyone else, A.
The trap: 'Double rooms' might make you think of C, extra for a large room. The message says they pay no more even then. B describes other operators, who charge large supplements.
How often is entertainment provided?
entertainment is laid on nearly every night with tour leaders on hand to organise lectures, games, quizzes and respond to any special request from guests
Why: 'Nearly every night' means most nights, B.
The trap: C, every night, misses the word 'nearly'. A comes from 'respond to any special request', but that's an extra, not the condition for entertainment.
How to attack this block: The table runs from the three-day holiday to the fourteen-day one, in the same order as the message. Each longer holiday adds one or two extras to the one before, so listen for 'also includes' and 'plus'. Prices need digits only, since the $ is printed.
How much does the three-day holiday cost per person?
The three day holiday costs $180 for all accommodation, food and walking
Question says → You hear
Why: The $ is printed, so write 180.
The trap: The other prices, $350 and $690, follow in the next sentences. Make sure you write this one on the three-day row.
Where are three-day guests picked up from?
we are including in that price the cost of picking you up from the nearest station
Question says → You hear
Why: 'Picking you up from the nearest station' gives you the two words after 'from the': nearest station.
The trap: Station alone loses the detail. 'For the first time this year' is just how the offer is introduced.
What is the book included in the seven-day holiday about?
also includes a magnificent book giving the local history
Question says → You hear
Why: The book gives the local history, so the table's 'book of' becomes book of local history.
The trap: Maps come straight after, but they're already printed. 'Magnificent' describes the book, not its subject.
How much is the fourteen-day holiday per person?
For the fourteen day holiday our special price is $690 per person
Question says → You hear
Why: The $ is printed, so write 690.
The trap: $350 is the seven-day price, which is already printed in the table.
Also accepted: local walking club
What do fourteen-day guests become members of?
plus membership of a local walking club so you can better enjoy the full flavour of the local life
Question says → You hear
Why: 'Membership of a' is copied from the message, so write walking club, or local walking club.
The trap: 'Local life' comes at the end of the sentence. It's what the club helps you enjoy, not what you join.
The question is about cost, but the menu never says 'cost'. You have to match 'how much holidays cost' to 'our latest price lists', which is button two. Special offers, button one, sounds money-related but is a different option.
'Every night' and 'any special request' both appear in the options and in the sentence. The message says entertainment is laid on 'nearly every night', which is most nights.
There's talk of a first centre outside Western Europe, but it's only planned for next year. Right now, all 12 centres are in Western Europe.
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