Listening 1: a walking weekend, a sports centre, a river study, and city trees

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Part 1 · Questions 1–10 · Note completion

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Complete the booking form. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.完成预订表格。每空不超过两个词和/或一个数字。

1. 1. Surname: ______
2. 2. Phone number: ______
3. 3. Date of the weekend chosen: ______ March
4. 4. Grade of walk: ______
5. 5. Distance per day: ______ kilometres
6. 6. Accommodation: a ______ on the clifftop
7. 7. Total price: £______
8. 8. Deposit payable on booking: £______
9. 9. Must bring, as well as a jacket: ______
10. 10. A packed lunch is needed on ______ only.

Part 2 · Questions 11–15 · Map, plan or diagram labelling

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Label the plan of the Riverside Sports Centre. Write the correct letter, A-G, for each room.在体育中心平面图上标注。每题写出正确的字母 A-G。

1. 11. Main sports hall A B C D E F G
2. 12. Fitness suite A B C D E F G
3. 13. Swimming pool A B C D E F G
4. 14. Studio A B C D E F G
5. 15. Café A B C D E F G

Questions 16–20 · Multiple choice

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.选择正确的字母 A、B 或 C。

1. 16. On a weekday, the last swim is at A 9.30 pm B 10.00 pm C 8.00 pm
2. 17. The Off-Peak membership A costs more at weekends B is not available at weekends C covers the pool only
3. 18. The nine-pound class fee also includes A parking B a locker C use of the pool afterwards
4. 19. To park without paying, a visitor must A enter their registration number at reception B buy a permit C leave within one hour
5. 20. Volunteers for the junior swimming programme must A hold a coaching qualification B commit for at least three months C apply through the website

Part 3 · Questions 21–25 · Multiple choice

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Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.选择正确的字母 A、B 或 C。

1. 21. The students sampled at each site A once B twice C three times
2. 22. The students first thought the variation at the middle site was caused by A a faulty test kit B rainfall C the sewage works
3. 23. The tutor advises them to present the three nitrate readings by A showing a mean with error bars B showing each point with its time C leaving them out
4. 24. About the downstream oxygen reading, the tutor says they may claim that A the sewage works caused the fall B the result is consistent with an effect from the works C no conclusion is possible
5. 25. The tutor's advice about the six papers is to A use all six B find more papers C drop the two about very large rivers

Questions 26–30 · Sentence completion

Complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.完成句子。每空不超过两个词和/或一个数字。

1. 26. The three nitrate readings at the middle site were taken an ______ apart.
2. 27. Dissolved oxygen downstream was about ______ milligrams per litre.
3. 28. Two of the six papers are about the Rhine and the ______.
4. 29. The written report is due on the ______.
5. 30. The data ______ may be handed in three days later.

Part 4 · Questions 31–40 · Note completion

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Complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.完成笔记。每空不超过两个词和/或一个数字。

1. 31. Street trees are justified on four grounds, one of which is that they intercept ______.
2. 32. A mature tree can reduce pavement temperature by up to ______ degrees.
3. 33. About a ______ of the cooling comes from transpiration rather than shade.
4. 34. A mature canopy intercepts 15 to 30 per cent of the rain in a ______ storm.
5. 35. In a downpour the canopy ______ within the first few minutes.
6. 36. In a narrow street the canopy can trap pollution by reducing the movement of ______.
7. 37. A street tree needs between nine and ______ cubic metres of soil.
8. 38. A typical British high-street planting pit provides ______ cubic metres.
9. 39. A tree in such a pit survives for about ______ years.
10. 40. The conclusion about root space is now about ______ years old.

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