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Test 4
Section 1
MR THORNDYKE: Thorndyke’s.
EDITH
:Good morning, Is that Mr Thorndyke?
MR THORNDYKE: Speaking, How can I help?
EDITH
:
I’ve got quite a few things
which need painting and fixing in the flat
and I wonder whether you’d be
able to do the work.
MR THORNDYKE
:
I’m
sure
I’
d be
able to help but let me take down a few details.
EDITH
: Yes, of course.
MR
THORNDYKE : Well, firstly, how did you hear about
us?
EDITH
: It was my friend May
Hampton
…
you did some
excellent work for her
a couple years
ago. Do you remember?
Example
MR THORNDYKE
:
Oh, yes, that was in West Park Flats, lovely lady.
EDITH
: Yes, she is.
MR THORNDYKE
:
And what
’
s your name,
please?
EDITH
:
I
t’
s Edith Pargetter.
Q1
MR THORNDYKE
:
Edith
…
can you spell your
surname, please?
EDITH
:
it
’
s P-A-R-G-E-double T-E-R.
MR THORNDYKE
:
Double T, right, And do you live in West Park
Flats as well?
EDITH
: No, actually
it’s
East Park, Flat 4.
Q2
MR THORNDYKE
:
Oh, right, that
’
s over the
road, I seem to remember- quite difficult to
get to.
EDITH
: Yes,
It
’
s at the bank of the
library.
Q3
MR THORNDYKE
: Right, I know,, And
what
’
s your phone number?
EDITH
: 875934 but
I’
m out a great deal in the
afternoons and evenings.
MR THORNDYKE
: So would the best time to
ring you be in the morning?
Q4
EDITH
:
Yes.
MR THORNDYKE
:Fine, I
’
ve made
a note of that, Can I just ask
,
I’
ll be in a van and I
know parking
’
s
rather difficult round your flats. Where would you
recommend?
EDITH
: Well, I
always tell people in large vehicles to park by
the postbox on
the other side of the
road from the entrance.
Q5
MR
THORNDYKE
: Good, thanks.
EDITH
: And will you be able to
give me a full itemized quote?
MR
THORNDYKE
:Oh , yes,
I’
ll list all the jobs
separately with individual prices.
Q6
EDITH
:
That will be a great help.
MR THORNDYKE
: No problem.
……
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
MR THORNDYKE
:
Now, what would you like me to do?
EDITH
: Firstly and most urgently
is in the kitchen, with all the weather
damage, the glass in the door has
cracked and
I’
d need that
fixing
…
MR THORNDYKE
: I presume you mean
replacing?
Q7
EDITH
: Oh, yes,
And
as soon as possible…
MR
THORNDYKE
:what
I’
ll do is
to come round tomorrow morning and do that
immediately.
EDITH
:Thank you so much, the
other things aren
’
t so
urgent but
…
MR
THORNDYKE
: Now,
I’
ll make
a note of everything you want doing.
EDITH
:
Well, in the kitchen
I’
d
like some painting doing,
MR THORNDYKE
:
All the kitchen walls?
EDITH
: Just the area over the
cooker. It
’
s very
greasy
…
Q8
MR THORNDYKE
:
Right…
it does tend to get that way !
EDITH
:Yes!
MR THORNDYKE
:
Well, if you want a proper job done what I need to
do is strip the
old paint and plaster
it about a week before I paint it.
Q9
EDITH
:
Of course, now, May tells me you also do work in
the garden.
MR THORNDYKE
:
That
’
s right.
EDITH
:
Well, I’
d like you to replace a fence.
Q10
MR THORNDYKE
:
Just one?
EDITH
:Yes, at the far end.
MR
THORNDYKE
: Fine, shouldn’
t be a
problem.
EDITH
:
And that
’
s the lot.
MR THORNDYKE
: Fine, Yeah, as I say I
can come round tomorrow to look over
things with you.
EDITH
:
that
’
s great, thank you.
MR THORNDYKE
:So,
I’
ll look
forward to seeing you tomorrow
at
…
Section 2
Welcome to Manham Port, where a
thousand years of history are brought to life. All
the
family can enjoy a day out at
Manham: visit our copper mine, see models of the
machinery
it used ,have your photo
taken in nineteenth-century costume, experience at
first hand
how people lived at
different stages throughout history, and
especially how children
studied, worked
and played.
The port of
Manham is located in beautiful and peaceful
countryside, on a bend in the
great
River Avon,
Q11
and developed
here because it
’
s the
highest navigable point of the
Avon-boats can go no higher up this
river-and proved a handy place to load and unload
cargo to and from the sea,
which is over 23 miles away. A small ports was
already
established here when, about
900 years ago, tin was discovered
nearby,
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thought it
wasn
’
t until the
Industrial Revolution, when a tremendous need for
metals of all kinds
developed. That
Manham expanded to become one of the busiest ports
in the country.
And because it was
already so busy, prospectors began to look for
other minerals, and by
the end of the
nineteenth century, lead, copper, manganese and
arsenic were added to
the cargos
leaving Manham.
In the
early days, the ores had been smelted-or
processed- in the same area they were
mined, but, as demand grew, the
smelting process required huge factory furnaces of
fires
t melt the metal from the rock
and
Q13
there was not enough
coal in the local area, so the
rocks
containing minerals had to be shipped long
distance.
Sadly,
Q14
in the twentieth century,
the great port of Manham declined and thousands of
workers were forced to emigrate out of
the area. The building at the port fell into
disrepair,
and the place became almost
forgotten. But then, the Manham Trust was formed
to
conserve the historical resources of
the area. It organized scores of local volunteers
to
remove undergrowth to find the
original outlines of the installations.
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It then brought in
paid professionals to match
installations with maps of the original port
complex and to set
about reconstructing
it. Today you can see the results of this
ambitious programme of
restoration. The
intention, and we believe this will be realized
before the end of the year, is
to
return Manhan Port to the condition it reached at
its peak as
‘
the greatest
copper port in
the
country
’
.
But what can you do and see on your
visit today? Here are just a few highlights, we
suggest you start with the visit to the
copper mine.
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Travel on
converted mining trains
and journey
into the depth of the mountain along seams once
worked by hundreds of
miners. But
please be warned that,
Q17
like all mines, ours is very dark and
closed in and
we do say that children
under five and also dogs should NOT be taken into
the mine.
The next
recommended visit is to the village school.
Q18
While looking round the
classrooms, take a special look at our
display of games, which is one of the largest in
the
world. And
it
’
s recommended that you
time your visit to coincide with a guided tour.
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This will give you the
opportunity to ask lots of questions. Near the
school is the
beautiful old sailing
ketch called
‘
The
George
’
. You are welcome to
board the boat and
look round the
cabins. Look out for the
ship
’
s wheel which was
missing until only five
years ago when
it was dredged out of the sit by a local
fisherman. We have no idea how it
got
there but it
’
s been polished
and proudly restored to its original place on the
boat.
Please take care going down the
ladders if you wish to visit the lower deck-we
don
’
t
recommend
you allow young children to use
them.
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So we hope you have a memorable visit
to Manham Port and will tell your friends all
about
us.
Section 3
TIM:
Hi, Laura-could you spare a few minutes
to talk about the work placement you
did last summer?
I
’
m thinking of doing one
myself...
LAURA:
Hi, Tim, Sure.
TIM:
Didn
’
t you do
yours at an environmental services company?
LAURA:
That
’
s right...
It
’
s only a very small
company and they needed someone to
produce a
company brochure, and i wanted to get some
business experience because
i
’
m
interested in
a career in occupational psychology in a business
environment. It was a