Section 1 Audio script: 1st Passenger: Excuse me. Could you tell me which bus goes to India Gate?

2nd Passenger: Bus route no.823 and 308 will go there. 1st Passenger: At what time is the bus due? 2nd Passenger: I dont know the exact time, but the service is good. 1st Passenger: If you dont mind, could you tell me where are you going? 2nd Passenger: I am going to India Gate. 1st Passenger: Good, I am pleased to hear it. 2nd Passenger: Welcome. 1st Passenger: I think a common man is not satisfied with the public transport system in Delhi. The passengers are made to wait for a long time. Then the journey is not comfortable. 2nd Passenger: A lot of buses are running on the roads now-a-days but the service is not efficient. There is mismanagement everywhere. 1st Passenger: Specially Blueline buses are creating havoc (disorder and confusion) on the roads. 2nd Passenger: Thats why people call it a deadline bus service. They are afraid of this service due to the rash-driving of its drivers. 1st Passenger: Our government must do something to improve the situation. 2nd Passenger: Govt. warned the operators several times, they are being punished, but still there is not much improvement. 1st Passenger: Ultimately it is the public who suffer. Both the transporters and the leadersare expert in fooling the public. 2nd Passenger: The public also dont keep discipline. People like to break queues here. 1st Passenger: Its true. Here comes the bus, lets board it. 2nd Passenger: Hurry up please, we can get a seat a Fill in the banks to complete the statements: A. B. C. D. E. F. The first speaker wants to go to _____1_____. The buses that go to the place are _____2____ and ____3_____. The second speaker is going to ____4____. The bus service is _____5_____. A common man is _____6_____ with the public _____7_____ in ____8_____. The ______9______ bus service is deadly a the drivers _____10_____.

Section 2 Audio script:

MRS. FREDERICK BELMONT-TOWERS: Is that you, Helen? Come in. You must excuse me for seeing you up here, but this is my day for treatment and I don't get up till afternoon. Oh, didn't you know? I'm taking a course with Omarkanandi, this famous Hindu priest. You haven't heard of him? Oh, my dear, he is too wonderful. You know what an invalid I've been for years? I've had no sympathy in my suffering-Fred thinks it's all nonsense, says I'm a hypochondriac, and all that, but Omarkanandi says my condition has been simply pitiful! He's so sympathetic, Helen. He wears a long red robe, and a turban and the queerest rings, and his eyes are the most soulful things. Well, it's hard to tell you just what he does. He sits beside me, and holds my hands and looks into my eyes and talks to me, in his soft Oriental voice. He says he is the medium of infinite strength and power, and that he transmits it to me. Well, he thinks in time that I can draw on this power myself, without him. He says that I'm so highly strung that the winds of evil play on me. He says my chronic indigestion is simply a wind of evil, and that I must harden myself against it. I told him I didn't care so much about the indigestion itself, but it was ruining my complexion. He said when I got myself into harmony with the Infinite my skin would be like a rose leaf--so you can see for yourself the thing is worthwhile. [Pause] Oh, no, it isn't Mind Cure or Christian Science or any of those intangible things, this is really practical. And I find that my power over others is growing, just as he said it would. The other night, Fred came home just worn out, and I determined to try the cure on him, so I made him lie down, and I held his hand, and looked at him, and talked very softly, and it was no time at all, Helen, until he was sleeping like a child. You see, what I like about this system is that it is so practical. I told Omarkanandi how I was worrying about my Bridge debts, and that I couldn't tell Fred about it, and he put himself "in harmony" and worked out the most wonderful scheme. he told me to get up a sort of Trust, and make up a pool, every woman in the club putting in five hundred dollars. Then as long as we won, we should each put ten percent of our winnings back into the pool, and if we lost, the pool would stand for it, up to a certain limit. I was Treasurer and I made Omarkanandi take five hundred for thinking up the scheme. He didn't want to at all, but he did finally to help "his cause." Well, it worked splendidly for about a week, and then it ended in the awfullest row. The women accused each other of not paying their ten percent, and of overdrawing on the pool, and every woman demanded her money back, and we just couldn't get it straightened out. I'm out, Heaven only knows how much! Some of the men heard about it, and you ought to have seen Fred lecture me. I repeated a lot of things to him that he had said himself on the benefit of Trusts, but he said that it was all rot. I told him I thought so when he first said it, but I was so used to taking his word as law, that I went right ahead. I'd never dare tell him how much I'm out--I just said, "We'll call it legitimate speculation and charge it up to profit and loss," which is his favorite excuse when he's on the wrong side of the market. [Pause] Mercy, no, I didn't tell him Omarkanandi had anything to do with it. He says he's a fraud and all sorts of things. Omar says Fred is not attuned to the higher chords of ethereality, so he lives in error and darkness. Helen, you ought to have him come see you; he'd do wonders for you. Only five hundred for the course, and it's nothing when you think what he does for you. [Listens to Helen's sarcasms in surprise] Why, Helen! I'm afraid you're like Fred, too worldly and suspicious to grasp these truths. As Omarkanandi says, you must be saved "by faith alone!" [Turns her head, as if at interruption] Who is it, Maria? Omarkanandi? Ask him to come up. Goodbye, Helen, do run in again. [Watches her go out, and sighs] Poor, trivial thing, she hasn't the capacity for great thoughts and spiritual experiences, as I have. Match column A with column B:

A Helen Fred Omar Speaker 11. famous Hindu priest

12. You must be saved "by faith alone!" 13. too worldly and suspicious to grasp these truths 14. so sympathetic 15. came home just worn out 16. didn't care so much about the indigestion itself 17. says I'm a hypochondriac 18. not attuned to the higher chords of ethereality 19. take five hundred for thinking up the scheme 20. Treasurer

Section 3 Audio script: VISITOR: Hello! AGENT: Welcome. Please have a seat. VISITOR: I need a flat on rent. AGENT: Do you want it for residential purpose. VISITOR: Yeah. AGENT: How many rooms do you want? VISITOR: Two bed rooms and one drawing room. Flat should be well-furnished. AGENT: Do you have any floor preference? VISITOR: I need a flat either on ground floor or on first floor. AGENT: What do you do? VISITOR: I am a software engineer in a company. AGENT: How many family members are you? VISITOR: My wife, two children and me. AGENT: Can you tell me about your budget? VISITOR: I need a good flat at a good location with a space for car parking. I shall pay according to market rate. AGENT: OK. I am showing you a good flat according to your requirements. Let's go. (After coming back). AGENT: Have you liked the flat? VISITOR: Yeah. I'll show it to my wife tomorrow. AGENT: At what time will you come? VISITOR: In the evening at 6. If my wife likes it I'll pay advance. AGENT: I hope she'll like it too. VISITOR: Have I to give any security amount? AGENT: You have to give 3 months' rent as security deposit.

VISITOR: And what's your commission? AGENT: One month's rent. It's market rate. From which date would you like to occupy the flat? VISITOR: From the 1st of coming month. Will there be any agreement? AGENT: 11 months agreement will be there. VISITOR: OK. See you tomorrow. AGENT: Welcome.

Give the correct information according to the conversation. A. B. C. D. E. The customer needs a ____21_____ for _____22_____. The floor preference is _____23_____. He is a _____24_____ in a company. He is ready to pay _____25_____. He needs _____26_____ rooms, _____27_____. He _____28_____ he was shown. He will come with his wife on ____29_____ at ____30_____.

Section 4 Audio script: Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire, Northamptonshire (to the north/northeast), Buckinghamshire (to the east), Berkshire (to the south), Wiltshire and Swindon (to the southwest), Gloucestershire (to the west) and Warwickshire (to the north). It is divided into five local government districts: Oxford, Cherwell, Vale of White Horse (after the Uffington White Horse), West Oxfordshire and South Oxfordshire. The county has a major tourist industry. The area is noted for the concentration of performance motorsport companies and facilities. Oxford University Press is the largest firm among a concentration of print and publishing firms; the University of Oxford is also linked to the concentration of local biotechnology companies. The main centre of population is the city of Oxford. Other significant settlements are Banbury, Bicester, Kidlington, and Chipping Norton to the north of Oxford; Witney to the west; Thame and Chinnor to the east; and Abingdon, Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford and Henley-on-Thames to the south. Future population growth in the county is hoped[clarification needed] to be concentrated around Oxford, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot and Witney, near the South Midlands growth area. The highest point of the administrative county is White Horse Hill, in the Vale of White Horse, reaching 261 metres (856 ft).[1] The highest point in the historic county is near Portobello Farm in the Chiltern Hills at 255 metres. Oxfordshire was formed as a county in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the land between the River Thames to the south, the Cotswolds to the west, the Chilterns to the east and the Midlands to the north, with spurs running south to Henley-on-Thames and north to Banbury.

Historically the area has always had some importance, since it contains valuable agricultural land in the centre of the county. Ignored by the Romans, it was not until the formation of a settlement at Oxford in the eighth century that the area grew in importance. Alfred the Great was born across the Thames in Wantage in Berkshire. The University of Oxford was founded in 1096, though its collegiate structure did not develop until later on. The university in the county town of Oxford (whose name came from AngloSaxon Oxenaford = "ford for oxen") grew in importance during the Middle Ages and early modern period. The area was part of the Cotswolds wool trade from the 13th century, generating much wealth, particularly in the western portions of the county in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Morris Motors was founded in Oxford in 1912, bringing heavy industry to an otherwise agricultural county. The importance of agriculture as an employer has declined rapidly in the 20th century though; currently under one percent of the county's population are involved due to high mechanisation. Throughout most of its history the county was divided into fourteen hundreds, namely Bampton, Banbury, Binfield, Bloxham, Bullingdon, Chadlington, Dorchester, Ewelme, Langtree, Lewknor, Pyrton, Ploughley, Thame and Wootton. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the main army unit in the area, was based at the Barracks on Bullingdon Green, Cowley. The Vale of the White Horse district and parts of the South Oxfordshire administrative district south of the River Thames were historically part of Berkshire, but were added to the administrative county of Oxfordshire in 1974. Conversely, the Caversham area of Reading was historically part of Oxfordshire as was the parish of Stokenchurch, now administratively in Buckinghamshire. Fill in the gaps with the missing information to complete the passage. A. Oxfordshire was formed as a county in the early years of the _____31_____ and is broadly situated in the land between the _____32_____ to the south, the _____33_____ to the west, the Chilterns to the east and the _____34_____ to the north, with spurs running south to Henley-on-Thames and north to _____35_____. B. The Vale of the _____36_____ district and parts of the South Oxfordshire administrative district south of the River Thames were historically part of _____37_____, but were added to the administrative county of Oxfordshire in _____38_____. Conversely, the Caversham area of Reading was historically part of Oxfordshire as was the parish of _____39_____, now administratively in _____40_____.