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Question 1 - 10
Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Cycle tour leader: Applicant enquiry

Example

Name: Margaret Smith

About the applicant:

• Wants a 1 job

• Will soon start work as a 2

• Has led cycle trips in 3

• Interested in being a leader of a cycling trip for families

• Is currently doing voluntary work with members of a 4 club

• Available for five months from the 1st of 5

• Can’t eat 6

Contact details:

• Address: 27 7 Place, Dumfries

• Postcode: 8

Interview:

• Interview at 2.30 pm on 9
• Will plan a short 10 about being a tour guide
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Cycle Tour Leader Application

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BOB: Hello, Pembroke Cycling Holidays, Bob speaking.

MARGARET : Oh hello. I’ve seen your advert for people to lead cycle trips. Are you the right person to
speak to?

BOB: Yes, I am. Could I have your name, please?

MARGARET : It’s Margaret Smith.

BOB: Are you looking for a permanent job, Margaret?

MARGARET : No, temporary. I’ve got a permanent job starting in a few months’ time, and I want to do
something else until then.

BOB: What work do you do?

MARGARET : This will probably sound crazy – I used to be a lawyer, and then I made a complete career
change and I’m going to be a doctor. I’ve just finished my training.

BOB: Right. And have you had any experience of leading cycle trips?

MARGARET : Yes, I’ve led several bike tours in Africa. The trip to India that I had arranged to lead next
month has now been cancelled, so when I saw you were advertising for tour leaders, I
decided to apply.

BOB: OK. Now we normally have two or three leaders on a trip, depending on the size of the
group. Some tours are for very experienced cyclists, but we’ve got a tour coming up soon in
Spain, which is proving so popular we need an additional leader. It’s a cycling holiday for
families. Would that suit you?

MARGARET : It certainly would. I enjoy working with children, and I probable need some more experience
before I go on a really challenging trip.

BOB: That tour includes several teenagers: have you worked with that age group before?

MARGARET : Yes, I’m a volunteer worker in a youth club, where I help people to improve their cycling
skills. Before that I helped out in a cycling club where I taught beginners.

BOB: Well that’s great. Now the trip I mentioned is just for a fortnight, but there might be the
possibility of leading other tours after that. Would that fit in with your plans?
MARGARET : That’s be fine. I’ll be free for five months. My job is due to start on October the 2nd, and I’m
available from May the 1st until late September.

BOB: Good. Now is there anything I need to know about the food you eat? We usually have one or
two people in the group who don’t eat meat, or have some sort of food allergy, so we’re
always very careful about that.

MARGARET : Yes, I’m allergic to cheese. Would that be a problem?

BOB: No, as long as we have enough notice, we can deal with that.

MARGARET : That’s great.

MARGARET : It sounds really interesting – would you like me to fill in an application form?

BOB: Yes, please. Where should I post it to?

MARGARET : Could you send it to 27 Arbuthnot Place – A-R-B-U-T-H-N-O-T – Place, Dumfries.

BOB: And what’s the postcode, please?

MARGARET : DG7 4PH.

BOB: Was that P Papa or B Bravo?

MARGARET : P Papa.

BOB: Got that. If you could return the application form by Friday this week, we can interview you
on Tuesday next week. Say half past two. Would that be possible for you?

MARGARET : Yes, it’s fine. You’re quite a long way from where I live, so I’ll drive over on Monday. Should I
bring anything to the interview?

BOB: We’ll have your application form, of course, but we’ll need to see any certificates you’ve got
that are relevant, in cycling, first aid, or whatever.

MARGARET : OK.

BOB: And at the interview we’d like to find out about your experience of being a tour guide, so
could you prepare a ten-minute talk about that, please? You don’t need slides or any
complicated equipment – just some notes.

MARGARET : Right. I’ll start thinking about that straightaway!

BOB: Good. Well, we’ll look forward to receiving your application form, and we’ll contact you to
confirm the interview.

MARGARET : Thanks very much.

BOB: Thank you, Margaret. Goodbye.

MARGARET : Bye.
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2 doctor Xem full giải thích

3 Africa Xem full giải thích

4 youth Xem full giải thích

5 May Xem full giải thích

6 cheese Xem full giải thích

7 Arbuthnot Xem full giải thích

8 DG74PH Xem full giải thích

9 Tuesday Xem full giải thích

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Question 11 - 14
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

11 Which is the most rapidly growing group of residents in the sheepmarket area?

A young professional people

B students from the university

C employees in the local market

12 The speaker recommends the side streets in the sheepmarket for their

A international restaurants

B historical buildings

C arts and crafts

13 Clothes designed by entrants for the Young Fashion competition must

A be modelled by the designers themselves

B be inspired by aspects of contemporary culture

C be made from locally produced materials

14 Car parking is free in some car parks if you

A stay for less than an hour

B buy something in the shops

C park in the evenings or at weekends

Question 15 - 20
Drag your answers in the option list into the boxes.

the Reynolds House 15

 B
the Thumb 16

F
A
E the Museum 17

C D
the Contemporary Art Gallery 18

G the Warner Gallery 19

H

Nucleus 20
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Visiting Sheepmarket Area

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Welcome to this podcast about the Sheepmarket, which is one of the oldest parts of the city. As its name
suggests, there was originally a market here where farmers brought their sheep, but now it’s been
redeveloped into a buzzing, vibrant area of the city, which is also home to one of the city’s fastest-
growing communities.

The nearby university has always meant the area’s popular with students, who come in to enjoy the lively
nightlife, but now graduates embarking on careers in the worlds of fashion and design are buying up the
new apartments recently built here to replace the small houses where the market workers used to live.

The narrow old side streets are great places for finding original pictures, jewellery and ceramics which
won’t break the bank, as well as local produce like fruit and vegetables. There’s also lots of pavement
cafes where you can have a coffee and watch tourists from all over the world go by. The oldest buildings
in the area are on the main streets, including the city’s first department store, built in the 1880s , which is
still open today.

The Sheepmarket is a centre for fashion, and there’s a policy of encouraging new young designers. The
Young Fashion competition is open to local young people who are passionate about fashion. This year
they’ve been asked to design an outfit based on ideas from the music and technology that’s part of their
everyday life, using both natural and man-made fibres. The garments will be judged by a panel of experts
and fashion designers, and the winning entries will be modelled at a special gala evening.

Parking at the Sheepmarket is easy. There are plenty of pay and display car parking spaces on the
roadsides which are fine if you just want to stay for an hour or two, but if you want to spend the day there
it’s better to park in one of the four underground car parks. It’s not expensive and if you can present a
receipt from one of the local stores, you’ll not be charged at all. After six pm many of the car parks have a
flat rate which varies but it is usually very reasonable.

The Sheepmarket is one of the main centres for art and history in the whole of the country. If you look at
our map, you’ll see some of the main attractions there. Most visitors start from Crawley Road, at the
bottom of the map. The Reynolds House is one of the oldest houses in the city, and is open to the public.
It’s on the north side of Crawley Road, next to the footpath that leads to the public gardens.

The area’s particularly interesting for its unusual sculptures. The Thumb’s is just what its name suggests,
but it’s about 10 metres high. You’ll see it on Hill Road, across the road from the Bank.

The Museum’s got a particularly fine collection of New Zealand landscapes. It’s on the east side of the
Sheepmarket, on City Road. It’s on the other side of the road from the public gardens, immediately facing
the junction with Hill Road.
The Contemporary Art Gallery is on a little road that leads off Station Square, not far from the public
gardens. The road ends at the gallery – it doesn’t go anywhere else. That’s open every day except
Mondays.

The Warner Gallery specialises in 19th -century art. It’s on City Road, near the junction with Crawley Road,
on the same side of the road as the public gardens. It’s open on weekdays from 9 to 5, and entry is free.

Finally, if you’re interested in purchasing high quality artwork, the place to go is Nucleus. You need to go
from Crawley Road up through Station Square and east along Hill Road until you get to a small winding
road turning off. Go up there and it’s on your right – if you get to City Road you’ve gone too far.
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12 C Xem full giải thích

13 B Xem full giải thích

14 B Xem full giải thích

15 H Xem full giải thích

16 C Xem full giải thích

17 F Xem full giải thích

18 G Xem full giải thích

19 I Xem full giải thích

20 B Xem full giải thích

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Question 21 - 24
Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Presentation on film adaptations of Shakespeare's play

Stages of presentation Work still to be done

Introduce Giannetti's book containing a Organise notes

21 of adaptations

Ask class to suggest the 22 adaptations No further work needed

Present Rachel Malchow's ideas. Prepare some 23

Discuss relationship between adaptations and No further work needed

24 at the time of making the film

Question 25 - 30
What do the speakers say about each of the following films?

Choose SIX answers from below and write the correct letter A-G next to questions.

List of Findings

A clearly shows the historical period

B contains only parts of the play

C is too similar to another kind of film

D turned out to be unpopular with audiences

E presents the play in a different period from the original

F sets the original in a different country

 G incorporates a variety of art forms

25 Ran

26 Much Ado About Nothing

27 Romeo and Juliet

28 Hamlet

29 Prospero’s Books

30 Looking for Richard

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Shakespeare's Plays' Film Adaptation

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KATIE: Joe, you know I’m giving a presentation in our film studies class next week?

JOE: Yes.

KATIE: Well, could we discuss it? I could do with getting someone else’s opinion.

JOE: Of course, Katie. What are you going to talk about?

KATIE: It’s about film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. I’ve got very interested in all the different
approaches that film directors take.

JOE: Uhuh.

KATIE: So I thought I’d start with Giannetti, who’s professor of film and literature, and in one of his
books he came up with a straightforward classification of film adaptations based on how
faithful they are to the original plays and novels.

JOE: Right.

KATIE: I’ve already made some notes on that, so I just need to sort those out before the
presentation. I thought that next I’d ask the class to come up with the worst examples of
Shakespeare adaptations that they’ve seen, and to say why. That should be more fun than
having their favourite versions.

JOE: Yes, I can certainly think of a couple!

KATIE: Right. Next I want to talk about Rachel Malchow. I came across something on the internet
about her work on film adaptations, and I was thinking of showing some film clips to
illustrate her ideas.

JOE: Will you have enough time, though? Both to prepare and during the presentation? After all, I
doubt if you’ll be able to find all the clips you want.

KATIE: Hmm. Perhaps you’re right. OK, well, I’d better do some slides instead, saying how various
films relate to what she says. That should encourage discussion.

JOE: Mmm.

KATIE: Next I want to say something about how plays may be chosen for adaptation because
they’re concerned with issues of the time when the film is made.
JOE: You mean things like patriotism, or the role of governments?

KATIE: Exactly. It’s quite tricky, but I’ve got a few ideas I’d like to discuss.

KATIE: And finally I want to talk about a few adaptations that I think illustrate a range of
approaches, and make some comments on them. Do you know the Japanese film Ran?

JOE: I haven’t seen it. It was based on Shakespeare’s King Lear, wasn’t it?

KATIE: That’s right. It was a very loose adaptation, using the same situation and story, but moving it
to 16th century Japan instead of 16th century Britain. So for example the king’s daughters
become sons, because in Japanese culture at that time, women couldn’t succeed to the
throne.

JOE: OK. I hope you’re going to talk about the 1993 film of Much Ado About Nothing. I think that’s
one of the best Shakespeare films. It really brings the play to life, doesn’t it?

KATIE: Yes, I agree. And I think filming it in Italy, where the play is set, makes you see what life was
like at the time of the play.

JOE: Absolutely. Right, what’s next?

KATIE: Er, next, I thought Romeo & Juliet, the 1996 film, which moves the action into the present
day.

JOE: Yes, it worked really well, I thought – changing the two feuding families in the original to two
competing business empires, even though they’re speaking in the English of the original
play.

KATIE: You’d expect it would sound really bizarre, but I found I soon got used to it.

JOE: Me too.

KATIE: Then I thought I’d include a real Hollywood film, one that’s intended to appeal to a mass
commercial audience.

JOE: There must be quite a number of those.

KATIE: Yes, but I’ve picked the 1996 film of Hamlet. It included every line of the text, but it’s more
like a typical action hero movie – there are loads of special effects, but no unifying
interpretation of the play.

JOE: All show and no substance.

KATIE: Exactly. Then there’s Prospero’s Books, based on The Tempest. That was really innovative,
from a stylistic point of view.

JOE: Didn’t it include dance and singing and animation, as well as live actors?
KATIE: Yes, it did. I also want to mention Looking for Richard. Did you ever see it?

JOE: No, but I’ve read about it. It was a blend of a documentary with a few scenes from Richard
III, wasn’t it?

KATIE: That’s right. It’s more a way of looking into how people nowadays connect with the
playwright – the play is really just the starting point. And that’ll be where I finish.

JOE: Well, it sounds as though it’ll be very interesting.

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22 worst Xem full giải thích

23 slides Xem full giải thích

24 issues Xem full giải thích

25 F Xem full giải thích

26 A Xem full giải thích

27 E Xem full giải thích

28 C Xem full giải thích

29 G Xem full giải thích

30 B Xem full giải thích

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Question 31 - 40
Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Noise in Cities

Past research focused on noise level (measured in decibels) and people’s responses.

Noise ‘maps’

• Show that the highest noise levels are usually found on roads

• Do not show other sources of noise e.g. when windows are open or people’s neighbours are in
their 31

• Ignore variations in people’s perceptions of noise

• Have made people realize that the noise is a 32 issue that must be dealt with

Problems caused by noise

• Sleep disturbance

• Increase in amount of stress

• Effect on the 33 of school children

Different types of noise

Some noises can be considered pleasant e.g. the sound of a 34 in a town

To investigate this, researchers may use methods from 35 sciences

What people want

Plenty of activity in urban environments which are 36 but also allow people to relax

But architects and town planners

• Do not get much 37 in acoustics

• Regards sound as the responsibility of engineers

Understanding sound as an art form

We need to know

• How sound relates to 38

• What can be learnt from psychology about the effects of sound

• Whether physics can help us understand the 39 of sound

Virtual reality programs

• Advantage: predict the effect of buildings

• Current disadvantage: they are 40

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Noise In Cities

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This lecture will be about the science of acoustics, the study of sound, in relation to urban environments
such as cities. As an acoustic engineer myself, I think this is an area where we’re likely to see great
changes.

In the past, researching urban soundscapes was simple. We measured levels of sound in decibels, so I
used to take my sound meter and I measured the noise somewhere, and then I might ask a sample of
people to say at what level the sound became annoying.

With data like this, acoustic engineers have been able to build up what we call noise maps, maps of the
sound environment. But actually these aren’t a lot of use. What they do show is that the highest noise
levels are generally on roads – well, that’s not really very surprising.

But there’s quite a lot going on that these maps don’t show, because they can’t capture the complex way
that sound varies over time. So they ignore important issues such as the noise someone might hear from
the open windows or gardens of their neighbours, and this sort of noise can be quite significant in
summer. We don’t have any databases on this sort of information.

As well as that, these records of sound levels take no account of the fact that people vary in their
perceptions of noise – so someone like me with years of working in acoustics might be very different from
you in that regard.

But anyway, even though these noise maps are fairly crude, they’ve been useful in providing information
and raising awareness that noise matters, we need to deal with it and so it’s a political matter. And that’s
important – we need rules and regulation because noise can cause all sorts of problems.

Those of you who are city-dwellers know that things go on 24 hours a day, so city-dwellers often suffer
from interrupted sleep. It’s also known that noise can lead to a rise in levels of stress, due to physical
changes in the body affecting the composition of the blood. And there are other problems as well, for
instance if schoolchildren don’t have a quiet place to study, their work will suffer.

Now, one problem with decibel measurement is that it doesn’t differentiate between different types of
noise. Some types of sounds that most people would probably think of as nice and relaxing might well
score quite highly in decibel levels – think of the sound made by a fountain in a town square, for example.
That’s not necessarily something that we’d want to control or reduce.

So maybe researchers should consider these sorts of sounds in urban design. This is going to be tricky
because just measuring decibel levels isn’t going to help us here. Instead, many researchers are using
social science techniques, studying people’s emotional response to sound by using questionnaires and so
on.

So what exactly do people want to hear in an urban environment? Some recent interdisciplinary research
has come out with results that at first sight seem contradictory – a city needs to have a sense of activity,
so it needs to be lively, with sounds like the clack of high heels on a pavement or the hiss of a coffee
machine, but these mustn’t be too intrusive, because at the same time we need to be able to relax.

One of the major problems in achieving this will be getting architects and town planners to use the
research. Apart from studying the basics of acoustics, these people receive very little training in this area.

But in fact they should be regarding sound as an opportunity to add to the experience of urban living,
whereas at present they tend to see it as something to be avoided or reduced as far as possible, or
something that’s just a job for engineers like the street drainage system.

What’s needed is for noise in cities to be regarded as an aesthetic quality, as something that has the
qualities of an art form. If we acknowledge this, then we urgently need to know what governs it and how
designers can work with it.

We need to develop a complex understanding of many factors. What is the relationship between sound
and culture? What can we learn from disciplines such as psychology about the way that sound interacts
with human development and social relationships, and the way that sound affects our thought and
feelings? Can we learn anything from physics about the nature of sound itself?

Today’s powerful technologies can also help us. To show us their ideas and help us to imagine the effect
their buildings will have, architects and town planners already use virtual reality – but these programs are
silent.

In the future such programs could use realistic sounds, meaning that soundscapes could be explored
before being built. So hopefully, using the best technology we can lay our hands on, the city of the future
will be a pleasure to the ears as well as the eyes.
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