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Listening Test 16

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SECTION 1

Questions 1 - 4

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Questions 5 - 10

Status:

Number of children:

Type of accommodation:

Total number of rooms:

Monthly mortgage / rent:

Utilities monthly:

1

2

3

4

Name: Social Security Number: Address: Telephone: Application for Social Security 5

3 6

7

8

Gas £35, 9 £27,

Water 10

Application (continued)

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SECTION 2

Label the plan below

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C

11 How will the people take the tour?

Aby minibus

Bby walking

Cby golf car

12 Originally Mount Pleasant was

he developers thought that Mount Pleasant was a good site because

he tour guide says that Mount Pleasant

Aa retirement village

Ba farm

Ca golf course

13

Athere were a lot of retired people living in the area

Bthere are great views

Cit's very close to the main road

14

Ahas three main areas

Bhas a great view from the golf course

Chas two main accommodation areas

N

S

E W

15

Lake with fishing and 16

The high point Outdoor pool 17

19

18

20

Cafe Bar

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SECTION 3

Questions 30

Choose THREE letter, A - F

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD.

Notes Single Mothers

Many people incorrectly believe that single parent families are a 21 group.

34% of total in USA 22% in Canada

19% in 22 and 22

hirty years ago, single 23 made up just 13% of the total Percentage by race in the USA 22% 23

57% black families 33% Hispanic families Women live alone because: Did not have a 24 when they became pregnant Because their husbands have 25

hey got divorced Divorce rate has now reached 26

Which THREE factors does the speaker say help prevent teen pregnancy? A Her level of ambition B A high level of education C A good relationship with her parents D he value she places on herself E A wealthy family F Good friends he number of women choose to be a single parent is growing probably because of higher inancial help from some governments, more jobs for women and a higher level of 30

27

28

29

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SECTION 4

When did each event happen?

Notes - Social Security in the US

- 1930s - many old people were very poor

- Today - 12% of 31 Americans are very poor

- 8th June 1934 President Roosevelt started the idea of a Social Security program

- 32 1935 - Social Security Act signed

- US Postal Service - sent out 33 , collected completed forms, typed SSNs and returned

cards to the people

- 35 million SSN cards produced in 1936-1937

- 1937 - 1942 People retiring got a single 34 payment

- Ernest Ackerman, the first person, paid 5 cents and received 17 cents on the day he 35

- Average payment at this time - $58.06 A In the 1940s B In the 1950s C In the 1970s Choose A, B or C 36 he Social Security program had very few changes

37 Ida May Fuller died

38 he COLA started to be reviewed every year

39 Social Security beneits were paid monthly for the irst time

40 he COLA was introduced

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Answers

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

SECTION 1

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

SECTION 2

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

SECTION 3

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

SECTION 4 relatively small

Australia, Denmark women families, white families stable relationship died

29%

A C D acceptance

older August 14th applications lump-sum retired A C C A B

John Carragher

WK 87 23 44 E

313, Newborough Road

0364 5748 1724 married apartment 8

£470 Electricity

£14

C B B A Saunas paddle boats Residential Flats Car Park Golf Course Village Hall

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Tapescripts

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SECTION 1

MAN 1: Hello there Please have a seat So how can I help you?

MAN 2: Hi Well, I lost my job last week I mean I was made redundant

MAN 1: I see

MAN 2: And I was told to come here to claim unemployment benefit

MAN 1: Right Well, I need to take some details from you, then First of all, can I take your name,

please?

MAN 2: John Carragher

MAN 1: Sorry, could you spell your surname, please?

MAN 2: Sure, it’s C-A-R-R-A-G-H-E-R

MAN 1: Right, thanks And do you have your social security number with you?

MAN 2: Yes, I do The company told me that I’d need it Just a second

MAN 1: OK

MAN 2: Here we are WK 87 23 44 E

MAN 1: WK 87 23 44 E OK, I should be able to get your details on the screen now Just a moment,

please

MAN 2: OK

MAN 1: Yes, here we are Can I just check some details with you? Are you still at Sandy Lane?

MAN 2: Oh no We moved a couple of years ago Our address now is Newborough Road 313,

Newborough Road

MAN 1: OK 313 Newborough Is that N-E-W-B-U-R-G-H?

MAN 2: N-E-W-B-O-R-O-U-G-H

MAN 1: OK So that means you telephone number has changed as well, has it?

MAN 2: Yes It’s now 0364 5748 1724

MAN 1: 0364 5748 1724

MAN 2: That’s it

-

MAN 1: Now, no doubt you’d like to know how much your will receive each month

MAN 2: Yes, that would be very helpful

MAN 1: OK So I need to check your situation So first of all, you’re still married?

MAN 2: Oh yes Very happily!

MAN 1: OK And according to your records, you have two children?

MAN 2: Well, that’s changed We have three now a baby girl just 6 months ago

MAN 1: Oh, well, congratulations!

MAN 2: Thank you Not the best time to lose my job!

MAN 1: No, not at all So that’s why you moved house, was it?

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MAN 2: That’s right we needed an extra bedroom

MAN 1: OK So I just need to ask you about your new place Is it a house or apartment?

MAN 2: It’s an apartment, actually

MAN 1: And how many rooms are there?

MAN 2: Well, let me see There’s a living room, a bathroom, a kitchen, two toilets actually and three

bedrooms

MAN 1: OK And is it rented or did you purchase it?

MAN 2: It’s rented

MAN 1: Right Sorry, but I need to ask you how much the monthly rent is

MAN 2: £470

MAN 1: OK, and how much did you have to pay for utilities?

MAN 2: Sorry?

MAN 1: How much do you pay approximately for gas, electricity and water monthly?

MAN 2: Um gas about £35, electricity not so much about £27 and water usually about 14

MAN 1: OK, please just give me a few minutes while I calculate the benefit you should receive

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SECTION 2

Well, a very good morning everyone My name’s Brian I’ll be your guide on this tour of the Mount

Pleasant Retirement village I trust you won’t mind getting in and out of the golf cars They do save on

the walking and they’re much easier to get around on than using the minibus

Just a little bit of background information before we set off The Mount Pleasant area was previously

used for farming until about 8 years ago The farmer wanted to retire and so he sold of the land

including the farm buildings The farm buildings have been converted to the retirement flats and

we’ll have a close look at those at the end of the tour

The developers felt that this was an ideal location for a retirement village The location makes it

extremely convenient to get to most of the places retired people in this area like to visit at the same

time it’s also not too close to the main roads so it’s not at all a noisy area but the main reason was

for the spectacular landscape you can see all around you from up here

The layout of the village itself can be divided into three areas You have, as I mentioned, the

commercial area behind us at the moment, where you have the local supermarket, coffee shops and a

few other shops in front of us we can see the highest point of the area and the gardens around it

and then between the two, you have the residential area The golf course is over to the right but we’ll

get a better view of that and everything else from the high point, so let’s go there now

-

So here we are at the high point and from here we can get a very clear understanding of the layout of

the village On the west side you can see a few small buildings with an outdoor pool and those are in

fact Finnish style saunas If you look to the left of those you can see another small building with

chairs outside and that’s a café bar where you can relax after your sauna and enjoy the scenery

In front of us you can all see the lake and on the right hand side there’s an area reserved for

fishing nobody there at the moment it seems and on the opposite side there’s a paddle boat area

great fun and good exercise, too

Then moving round to the east side, you can see first of all the residential flats and the car park

behind them, and then just north of the flats and the car park you can see the entrance to the golf

course

OK, just a couple of other buildings to point out to you If we look directly south just a short walk

from the flats you can see a windy path and that leads to the village hall it’s there where most

of the evening events are held dances and shows also sometimes they have a small Saturday

market there and it’s also used for meetings as well Then over to your

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