Listening – Luyện Part 1 – Bài Thực Hành Số 5

Questions 1-6. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Andrew: Well, we have this school 1 planned, but when exactly is it? Is it this Tuesday or Wednesday?

Katie: Well it can’t be Tuesday, with the English tests 2 place.

Andrew: Ah, right. Not Tuesday, but Wednesday.

Katie: That’s right – all day Wednesday – taking a bus outside the city.

Andrew: And where are we going?

Katie: Ah, last month we went to Arthur Island, so this 3 we’re going to the… Animal Park.

Andrew: Arthur Island was okay, but it was too cold. Let’s hope the weather for this week’s excursion is better. I don’t 4 animals care about bad weather, but I certainly do. Have you heard the 5 ?

Katie: Yes, and it’s not too bad. 6 , they’re saying Monday will be sunny.

Andrew: Good…

Katie: But then the weather will change.

Andrew: Not so good.

Katie: Yes, Tuesday we’ll have some 7 , but by Wednesday, the day of our excursion, it will be… well, their words are ‘cold and 8 ’.

Andrew: Cold and cloudy. Well, as long as it isn’t ‘wet and rainy’, I’m happy enough. We won’t need 9 , just warm clothing. And what time will we get there?

Katie: Let’s see. The bus 10 us up at 8.30 am, and then it’s an hour and a half on the road, so we arrive at 10 am… sorry, with the 15 minutes break, that will actually be 10.15 am.

Andrew: That’s early enough. Then all our students can see the 11 , have their fun, and do whatever they want to do.

Katie: Well, one fun event 12 that day is ‘Birds of Prey’.

Andrew: What’s that?

Katie: That’s when they bring out several 13 of prey: eagles, falcons, kites, those 14 of birds, and throw pieces of meat into the air, and the birds swoop down and eat them. It’s quite impressive.

Andrew: Sounds great. ‘Birds of Prey’. Are there any other 15 ?

Katie: There’s a 16 lunch, at the park restaurant. We’ve already paid for that, and in the afternoon there’s… well, I had a choice between the ‘Reptile Display’ and the ‘Koala Handling’. In the reptile display, the students can handle live pythons and various other snakes.

Andrew: Surely they’d rather 17 koalas?

Katie: I’m sure, but the koalas can’t be 18 unless the weather’s sunny, and given the forecast, I thought it better to choose the reptile display.

Andrew: Ummm, that’s a 19 . These Asian students would love the ‘Koala Handling’.

Katie: Yes, I know, but we can’t control the weather. Andrew:And, then we get back. What time will that be?

Katie: We leave the park at 4.30, but then we face 20 , so we won’t get back until well after 6pm. It will most likely be 6.30. But that’s better than the last trip: we didn’t get home until 8.30 that time.

Andrew:  Yes, that was a bit too late, wasn’t it?

Katie: Andrew, I understand you’ve been doing some research regarding the 21 , by nationality of our student body. That must have 22 some interesting results.

Andrew: You’re right. I got some 23 from head office.

Katie: I would imagine that most of our students are either Japanese or Chinese.

Andrew: You 24 right. But it’s the Chinese who 25 the majority, but only just. I had thought Koreans might be second, but it’s actually the Japanese, quite close behind. It’s somewhat 26 , but obviously all those Study Tours that our university markets in Japan are bringing in students.

Katie: What’s the breakdown exactly?

Andrew: Japanese are a quarter of the whole, which is 27 . Last year they were only 16%, so that market has grown nicely. Ah, the only other 28 of some weight are the Indonesians and Koreans  – about the same. Indonesians at 15%, and… ah… the Koreans are a little higher -not like last year when they were less than 10%.

Katie: I thought we’d have more Indonesians than Koreans?

Andrew: Well, as I said, they’re about the same – just like the Saudi and Thai student numbers, almost the same also – both just under 10.

Katie: Which one is bigger?

Andrew: Ah, Thai students number just a 29 more. As for the other nationalities, 30 they’re only 3%, so it wasn’t worth giving each of them a separate category. I just grouped them.