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0:00[Music]
0:04you'll hear a number of different
0:06recordings and you will have to answer
0:08questions on what you hear there will be
0:11time for you to read the instructions
0:12and questions and you will have a chance
0:15to check your work all the recordings
0:17will be played once only the test is in
0:21four parts at the end of the test you
0:23will be given 10 minutes to transfer
0:26your answers to an answer
0:28sheet
0:30now turn to part
0:37one you will hear a man who runs a
0:39transport hire company talking to a
0:42woman who wants to hire a vehicle first
0:44you have some time to look at questions
0:461 to
0:585
1:12now we shall begin you should answer the
1:15questions as you listen because you will
1:17not hear the recording a second time
1:19listen carefully and answer questions 1
1:22to
1:285
1:31good morning Island Transport company
1:33this is Brian speaking morning this is
1:36Jenny cartright here I'm visiting the
1:39island next week and I want to hire some
1:41form of Transport no problem Jenny
1:44Island transport can offer a range of
1:46different vehicles to hire so um the
1:49first option is a motor scooter they're
1:51very popular oh right and how much do
1:54they cost to hire well you can hire them
1:57by the hour or by the day per hour it's
2:00$115.50 and what about for a day daily
2:04it's
2:05$49.99 that includes a full tank of
2:07petrol but you need to fill it up before
2:09you bring it back is a scooter a good
2:11way to get around the island oh yes it's
2:14a lot of fun visitors really enjoy it do
2:17you provide helmets yes of course all
2:20sizes we can also let you have gloves as
2:23well it's not a bad idea oh yes I hadn't
2:25thought of that the only thing is with
2:27the scooters you have to keep sealed
2:30roads that means you can't ride on
2:32Battenburg road so you can't visit the
2:34far end of the island sorry I didn't
2:37catch the name of the road could you
2:39spell it sure it's spelled b a w t n b u
2:45r g but there are still plenty of other
2:47places you can explore on a scooter okay
2:50and what about a car yes we've got a
2:53range of cars well there's four of us
2:57but if we do go for the car Option we'd
2:59be happy with with a very small basic
3:01one an economy car would be $878 per day
3:06that's for a four-door car it can take
3:08five passengers right okay and a car is
3:11the best way to see the whole island you
3:13can drive on all the roads and if you'd
3:15like to go for a swim you can drive
3:17right down to Green Bay which visitors
3:19love well a car is definitely something
3:22to consider it's certainly a good price
3:25if we split it between the four of us
3:27exactly only thing is it's it's pretty
3:30hot at this time of year does the car
3:32have air conditioning not that model no
3:35you need one of our bigger cars if you
3:37want that well maybe it doesn't
3:42matter before you hear the rest of the
3:45conversation you have some time to look
3:46at questions 6 to
3:5810
4:12now listen and answer questions 6 to
4:1810 the other option to consider is an
4:20ebike these are very popular like a
4:23normal bicycle but with electric power
4:25to help you along how much are they
4:27normally they're $59 per day but I can
4:30offer you a discounted rate at the
4:32moment of
4:33$522 oh okay to be honest a lot of our
4:37customers these days prefer ebikes to
4:39motor scooters because they're so quiet
4:41and peaceful on some ebikes the battery
4:45is really heavy but on these bikes it's
4:47nice and light I've never ridden an
4:50ebike before how difficult is it not
4:53difficult at all you'll find they are
4:55very easy to handle like I say just a
4:58normal pedal bite really but you don't
5:00have to do too much work which is a good
5:02thing because the island is quite hilly
5:05these are good quality bikes too well
5:07made with high quality brakes both front
5:09and back so you won't have any problems
5:12well that does sound like a lot of fun
5:15do they come with GPS no but we can
5:18provide you with a map what about a lock
5:21yep one of those as well with each bike
5:23so you can leave it securely if you want
5:25to I think my friends will like the idea
5:28of a knee bike good compromise well like
5:31I say they're very popular these days
5:33and another big Advantage is that you
5:35don't have to have a license for this
5:37type of vehicle well let me discuss it
5:39with my friends and I'll get back to you
5:41no problem thanks for your
5:46time that is the end of part one you now
5:49have 1 minute to check your
5:58answers
6:27exam practice test four
6:30listening part
6:35two you will hear a man talking to a
6:38group of people who are looking around a
6:39community garden first you have some
6:42time to look at questions 11 to
6:5815
7:20now listen carefully and answer
7:22questions 11 to
7:2615 well good morning everyone and
7:29welcome to this open day at the
7:31community garden our garden belongs to
7:34the local community and as you'll see
7:37what we grow here is mostly fruit and
7:40different kinds of vegetables first I'll
7:42tell you some background
7:44information well recently we made an
7:47interesting Discovery at the Garden
7:49before we didn't know much about the
7:51history of this site we only had a few
7:54documents and records then we found some
7:57ancient implements like Spades and forks
8:00for digging they were buried in the
8:03earth experts say these are at least
8:051,000 years old so people have been
8:08using this land for growing produce for
8:10a long time there are some photographs
8:13of these implements in the clubhouse as
8:16well as a diagram of what we think the
8:18garden might have looked like if you
8:19want to look later so why was this
8:23location so good for gardening as you
8:26can see we're in a slight Valley and
8:29storms blow very hard up this Valley
8:31which can be a problem but being in a
8:33valley we get good freezing frosts here
8:36in Winter which gardeners like because
8:38it kills the bugs the great thing though
8:41is the stream that runs through the
8:43valley so we can irrigate the gardens
8:45even through long dry Summers now what
8:48we do know is that in 1860 gardening
8:51stopped here this was a time of Rapid
8:54development in this area and on that
8:57date the city infirmary was constructed
8:59rued on this site so this is where
9:01doctors and surgeons work to take care
9:03of the health needs of the growing
9:05population also many new houses were put
9:08up for people who commuted into the city
9:11each day to work there was even talk of
9:13a new military Camp although that never
9:16happened in the end then in the 1980s
9:19the old buildings here were removed and
9:22this land again became a productive
9:25Garden today these Gardens produce large
9:28quantities of fruit and vegetables each
9:31plot of land is worked by a volunteer
9:33member of the garden and they donate
9:35what they grow to families in this
9:37neighborhood who are struggling
9:39financially occasionally we're
9:41approached by local businesses and
9:43restaurants wanting to buy our organic
9:45produce but we just don't have enough we
9:49also have a good relationship with the
9:51local College in fact several of the
9:54academics there are members of the
9:56garden each week undergraduates and
9:59enrolled on the college's Horticulture
10:01course have a class here to learn about
10:03their subject firsthand and in future
10:06the college hopes to hold workshops here
10:09to help local people establish vegetable
10:11gardens at
10:14home before you hear the rest of the
10:17talk you have some time to look at
10:18questions 16 to
10:2820
10:45now listen and answer questions 16 to
10:5120 okay now I'll just point out a few
10:54places of interest around the gardens so
10:57can you all look at your maps please
11:00okay so we're now standing at the main
11:02entrance to the gardens outside the
11:05clubhouse so you might be interested in
11:07our worm farms this is where we make
11:10fertilizer to get there from the main
11:13entrance head north you'll pass Gardens
11:16on either side of the path just before
11:18the path curves round to the right
11:21there's a turning on the left go down
11:24there and the worm farms are inside the
11:26first building you come to it's also
11:29worth visiting our seed store again head
11:32north and follow the path as it curves
11:34round to the right through the gardens
11:37you'll come to the orchard follow the
11:39path around the edge of the orchard but
11:42don't go too far the seed store is
11:45actually located inside the orchard a
11:48very pretty spot now the Machinery shed
11:51might interest some of you from the main
11:54entrance just go into the car park and
11:56walk right to the end you'll see a
11:58little path heading out to the West it's
12:01down
12:02there our compost heaps are also pretty
12:05impressive so head north from the main
12:07entrance go past the first Gardens and
12:10take the first turning on the left go to
12:13the end of that path the compost heaps
12:16are built in the shape of a letter U the
12:19drying room is also interesting this is
12:22where we dry fruit to preserve it to see
12:26how it's done walk up through the
12:27gardens till you come to the Orchard
12:29keep heading north and the drawing room
12:31is right at the very end of that path as
12:34far as you can go now one other thing
12:37I'll mention are the outside toilet
12:42facilities that is the end of part two
12:46you now have half a minute to check your
12:57answers
13:12exam practice test four listening part
13:16three you will hear two technology
13:18students called Alia and Jason talking
13:21about their joint presentation on the
13:23benefits of playing video games first
13:26you have time to look at questions 21 1
13:29to
13:5725
14:05now listen carefully and answer
14:07questions 21 to
14:1125 well Jason shall we do some planning
14:14for our joint presentation yeah let's
14:17compare the reading we've been doing did
14:19you read that article by Dr Franklin yes
14:22the use of games in therapy so we'll
14:25need to explain what kind of therapy
14:27he's talking about okay so it's treating
14:30people after accidents or illnesses
14:32rebuilding their body strength exactly
14:35and Dr Franklin sees huge potential for
14:38games but he made the point that this
14:41isn't new really since the 1990s
14:44therapists have been experimenting with
14:46games yeah I agree Dr Franklin
14:49Illustrated that this has been going on
14:51for many years it's not a sudden
14:54breakthrough I was hoping he'd give some
14:56idea about how many health professionals
14:58now employ games in therapy he doesn't
15:01really address that does he okay so
15:05what's the biggest advantage of games in
15:08therapy well most games are played in
15:11virtual reality so the patient is moving
15:13their arms and legs exercising their
15:16body so I guess it's quite cheap then
15:19yeah but so are conventional exercises I
15:22don't think that's an issue no okay but
15:25I read that the games are really
15:27motivating people are much more prepared
15:30to spend hours on Rehabilitation When A
15:33Game's involved I think you're right
15:35that's the most important benefit in
15:38fact I read some people actually get so
15:41caught up in the game they hurt
15:42themselves and the therapists have to
15:44slow them down then did you read about
15:47the Singapore study yeah I started they
15:50were investigating whether people
15:52actually made more friends by playing
15:54games right that's right they got a
15:56group of teenagers and over 60s together
15:58for 30 minutes a day playing video games
16:01but the subjects weren't all in the same
16:03place they were playing online no they
16:06were all together in a room that's how
16:08the experiment was conducted we should
16:11check I'm sure it was online you'll find
16:13I'm right but anyway the study found a
16:16real social benefit to game playing m
16:19interesting so many people say that
16:21games are
16:22solitary well the Singapore study showed
16:25the players develop empathy for each
16:26other and bond over games
16:29a good point to make in the presentation
16:31then I also had a look at the anxiety
16:33study I haven't seen that one well they
16:37experimented with children waiting to
16:38see a doctor some were allowed to play
16:41games and some weren't was there a
16:43particular type of game well just simple
16:46ones on handheld devices and they found
16:48that the children who played games
16:50experienced considerably less stress and
16:53anxiety games distract the mind that's
16:55the theory better for the children but
16:58also so better for the parents that's
17:00what I like about this yeah good point
17:02it reduces the stress for everybody
17:05there just needs to be some additional
17:06research to support the finding we
17:09should also mention the Rhode Island
17:11research maybe but the finding just
17:14reinforced what's been shown in earlier
17:16studies that people can be distracted
17:18from their bad habits like eating junk
17:20food or drinking fizzy drinks by playing
17:23games but no one had used MRI scans
17:26before and the brain scans showed that
17:28games activate the same reward centers
17:31in the brain as the drinks or junk food
17:33this study has supplied valid proof as
17:36to why games work this way actually
17:38that's a good point and many people
17:41would probably like to know about
17:45that before you hear the rest of the
17:47talk you have some time to look at
17:48questions 26 to
17:5730
18:16now listen and answer questions 26 to
18:2230 so then in the presentation we need
18:26some more research findings well I read
18:29an interesting study about surgeons it
18:32was in the USA and it found that
18:34surgeons perform better when they play
18:36video games in their free time that
18:39makes sense I mean games are obviously
18:42going to improve hand to eye
18:43coordination yeah I guess it's
18:45predictable still interesting though
18:48absolutely challenges the idea that
18:51games are just a waste of time then
18:53there was a study about vision and
18:55eyesight apparently games May actually
18:58improve Vision game players in the study
19:01could see differences in Gray colors
19:03more effectively that's odd though isn't
19:06it because there are also studies
19:08showing a link between electronic
19:09screens and eye damage yeah it's
19:12certainly
19:13controversial I also read a study about
19:15sports there's a company that makes
19:17video games which are supposed to
19:19encourage physical
19:20exercise the idea is you play the sport
19:23first in the game and then you're more
19:26likely to do it for real and study
19:28apparently confirmed it well I doubt
19:31that's really true I know seems highly
19:35unlikely to me maybe just a marketing
19:37tactic by the company the study about
19:40aging was a good one scientists in
19:42Germany found that games have a positive
19:45influence on older people by keeping
19:47their brains active and that's going to
19:49be more and more significant as the
19:51population ages good news for game
19:55manufacturers I also read that games can
19:57actually help help your career the
19:59problem solving decision making and
20:01Leadership that are developed in some
20:03games can actually make you more
20:05effective in the workplace and there's
20:08been quite a lot of previous research to
20:10back that up too
20:12interesting then another one that I
20:17found that is the end of part three you
20:21now have half a minute to check your
20:27answers
20:48exam practice test four listening part
20:52four you will hear an anthropology
20:55student giving a talk about traditional
20:57po Ian navigation First you have some
21:00time to look at questions 31 to
21:2740
21:53now listen carefully and answer
21:56questions 31 to 40
22:00hi everyone today I'm going to be
22:03talking about traditional Polynesian
22:05navigation and
22:08voyaging now in case you don't know the
22:11islands of Polynesia are in the Pacific
22:13Ocean and include Hawaii Tahiti and
22:18samaa all of these islands were
22:20originally uninhabited by humans and for
22:24many years there was a debate about
22:26where the Polynesian people had m ated
22:29from it was once suggested that they
22:32came from the
22:33Americas however that debate has been
22:37settled today anthropologists recognize
22:41that the Polynesians began their
22:42Journeys in Asia and from there migrated
22:46eastwards to the Pacific
22:48Islands it's believed all the Polynesian
22:51Islands had been settled by the 13th
22:54century when European explorers arrived
22:57in the Pacific in the 17th and 18th
23:00centuries they were impressed by the
23:02local
23:03canoes European ships were much stronger
23:07but the indigenous vessels were
23:09considerably faster when under
23:13sail what we now know is that
23:16Polynesians sailed across open ocean out
23:19of sight of land long before this
23:22occurred
23:23elsewhere and to make these voyages
23:25possible they built remarkable Oceano
23:29canoes the canoes had two hulls so are
23:33sometimes called
23:35catamarans they were equipped with large
23:38paddles but these were not a form of
23:40propulsion instead the paddles were
23:43positioned at the back of the canoe to
23:45make steering The Vessel
23:48possible all these oceangoing canoes had
23:52sails Polynesian sails were triangular
23:55in shape and made from the pandana plant
23:59which grows on nearly all Pacific
24:02Islands it was also necessary to make
24:04warm clothing as even in tropical waters
24:08people could get cold on Long
24:11voyages materials like wool and Cotton
24:14Were unknown to
24:16Polynesians however the paper mulbury
24:18tree grows on most Pacific Islands and
24:21its bark was remarkably flexible and was
24:24used in the manufacturer of clothing
24:32next we come to the issue of navigation
24:34at
24:35Sea how did Polynesians find their way
24:38once they were out of sight of
24:40land we know that they did not have the
24:42magnetic compass which told other
24:45Navigators which direction was
24:47North but the Polynesian Navigators
24:50understood where numerous Stars Rose and
24:52set on the
24:53horizon and using this they could
24:57identify 32 different
25:00directions however this information
25:03about the Stars was extremely complex
25:06and therefore remembering it all was a
25:08challenge so The Navigators had created
25:11long and complicated songs to help them
25:14recall all the information they
25:18needed using the Stars to navigate was
25:21effective so long as the sky was clear
25:25but when it was cloudy the Navigator
25:27couldn't see the stars how did they find
25:30direction then well they still knew
25:33which way to sail the canoe by studying
25:35the waves which usually came from
25:38predictable directions in the Pacific at
25:40different times of the
25:43year sometimes they were sailing between
25:46islands they had visited before but very
25:49often they were trying to find new
25:51islands how did they know that land was
25:54nearby just over the
25:56horizon well there were various
25:59techniques The Navigators were experts
26:01at recognizing those particular Birds
26:04whose habitat was the open ocean and
26:07those that lived close to
26:09Islands so this was one way they knew
26:12that land wasn't far
26:14away they were also skilled at noticing
26:17changes to the Sea
26:19itself the temperature of the water is
26:22constant in that part of the Pacific but
26:24its color could vary in the proximity of
26:26land
26:28and that was something else that they
26:29were able to
26:31detect well as technology developed
26:34traditional voyaging all but died out
26:38the Polynesian peoples traveled by steam
26:40ship and later airplane like everyone
26:44else however in recent history there has
26:47been renewed interest in traditional
26:49voyaging it began in 1976 when a new
26:53canoe named Haula was built as a replica
26:57of traditional Polynesian
26:59vessels this canoe was sailed from
27:01Hawaii to Tahiti a distance of more than
27:054,000 km across open ocean and all the
27:09navigation was done using the techniques
27:11I've outlined today the crew did not use
27:14modern instruments on the
27:16voyage since then there has been a
27:18remarkable Renaissance of traditional
27:21voyaging numerous canoes have been built
27:24in different Polynesian countries which
27:26have sailed to almost every part of the
27:30Pacific and the Haw Ula has now
27:33completed a 3-year circumnavigation of
27:35the
27:36world as well as sailing these voyages
27:39have sparked renewed interest among
27:42Polynesians in learning about their
27:44traditional
27:45cultures the canoes themselves operate
27:48as floating classrooms teaching young
27:51people about for example the music their
27:54ancestors once
27:56enjoyed and another aspect of this has
27:59been the teaching of Polynesian
28:01languages some of which were in danger
28:03of dying
28:05out now one thing I'd like to add
28:10is that is the end of part four you now
28:13have one minute to check your
28:17[Music]
28:26answers
28:28[Music]

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