2014年5月雅思考试模拟试题及答案(第四套)_第4页

　　LISTENING TEST 2 - SCRIPTS

　　NARRATOR: You will hear a number of different recordings and you will have to

　　answer questions on what you hear. There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and you will have a chance to check your work. All the recordings will be played once only. The test is in four sections. At the end of the test you’ll be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.

　　Now turn to Section 1.

　　SECTION 1

　　You’ll hear a travel agent talking to a client. First, you’ll have some time to look at questions 1-5.

　　[20 seconds]

　　You’ll see that there is an example which has been done for you. On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.

　　AGENT: Good morning, Global Travel, How can I help?

　　CLIENT: Oh hello, yes, I’d like to speak to someone about booking a flight to Ireland. NARRATOR:Ireland is written in the space.

　　Now we shall begin. You should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time. Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.

　　AGENT: Good morning, Global Travel, How can I help?

　　CLIENT: Oh hello, yes, I’d like to speak to someone about booking a flight to Ireland. AGENT: Right, I can help with that. Er, what would you like to know? CLIENT: Um, what kind of prices and specials do you have?

　　AGENT: Well, there’s a couple of options when flying to the UK. You can fly

　　through America and have a stopover there to break up the journey, although you would require a visa for that. The application process is quite straightforward though so there shouldn’t be any problem.

　　CLIENT: Oh, I’m not really interested in stopping off anywhere; I just want to get to Ireland quickly. My sister’s getting married and the whole family will be there.

　　AGENT: That’s lovely. In that case there are some good deals on direct flights from Sydney to London, with a short transfer in London, then on to Dublin. CLIENT: Okay. And how much is that option?

　　AGENT: What date are you looking at departing?

　　CLIENT: July 9. And the wedding is on the 15 so the last day I can arrive in Ireland th

　　is the 14th, I suppose.

　　AGENT: Okay, just a second. Let me just check here on the system. Ah yes, there we are – a return ticket would be $3,500.

　　CLIENT: Oh. I was hoping for something a little cheaper.

　　AGENT: Well, you could leave a couple of days earlier, there’s a deal with Swift Air but the only thing there would be a compulsory two day stay in Bangkok.

　　You’d still get there on time for the wedding, and the fare is $500 cheaper though. But there is a minimum stay of two weeks in the UK.

　　CLIENT: Yeah, yeah. That’s definitely worth it. And I want to stay longer than two weeks in the UK anyway.

　　AGENT: There’s one more option, and that’s to get a round-the-world ticket, which sometimes ends up being cheaper and giving you more options.

　　CLIENT: OK, what kind of options?

　　AGENT: Well, you can make as many as six stopovers with this type of ticket and it remains open for up to 12 months. So you could go via South America, and

　　off there, and then up to the United States and then on to the UK. Then, on stop

　　the way....

　　CLIENT: (interrupts) No, no, no. I don’t have enough annual leave to do all that! I think the flight through Bangkok sounds like the best option.

　　AGENT: Did you want me to go ahead and make a booking for you?

　　CLIENT: Yeah, that’d be great.

　　NARRATOR: Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.

　　[20 seconds]