[Vietop ] IELTS Booster 1 - Listening Cam11 test 4

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

ROB: Good morning. Stretton Festival box office. How can I (1)__________ you?

MELANIE: Oh, hello. My family and I are on (2)__________ in the area, and we’ve seen some posters about the festival this week. Could you tell me about some of the (3)__________, please?

ROB: Of course.

MELANIE: First of all, are there still (4)__________ available for the jazz band on Saturday?

ROB: There are, but only £18. The £12 seats have all been (5)__________.

MELANIE: OK. And the venue is the (6)__________, isn’t it?

ROB: Yes, that’s right, the secondary school. Make sure you don’t go to the primary school by (7)__________! And there’s an additional performer who isn’t mentioned on the posters – Carolyn Hart is going to play with the band.

MELANIE: Oh, I think I’ve heard her on the (8)__________. Doesn’t she play the oboe, or flute or something?

ROB: Yes the flute. She usually plays with symphony orchestras, and apparently this is her first time with a jazz band.

MELANIE: Well, I’d certainly like to (9)__________ her. Then the next thing I want to ask about is the duck races – I saw a poster beside a river. What are they, (10)__________?

ROB: Well, you buy a yellow plastic duck – or as many as you like – they’re a pound each. And you write your (11)__________ on each one. There’ll be several races, depending on the number of ducks taking part. And John Stevens, a champion swimmer who lives locally, is going to start the races. All the ducks will be launched into the river at the back of the cinema, then they’ll (12)__________ along the river for 500 metres, as far as the railway bridge.

MELANIE: And are there any (13)__________?

ROB: Yes, the first duck in each race to arrive at the finishing line wins its owner free tickets for the concert on the last night of the festival.

MELANIE: You said you can buy a duck? I’m sure my children will both want one.

ROB: They’re on sale at a stall in the (14)__________. You can’t miss it – it’s got an enormous sign showing a couple of ducks.

MELANIE: OK. I’ll go there this afternoon. I remember walking past there yesterday. Now could you tell me something about the flower show, please?

ROB: Well, admission is free, and the show is being held in Bythwaite Hall.

MELANIE: Sorry, how do you (15)__________ that?

ROB: B-Y-T-H-W-A-I-T-E. Bythwaite.

MELANIE: Is it easy to find? I’m no very familiar with the town yet.

ROB: Oh, you won’t have any problem. It’s right in the centre of Stretton. It’s the only old building in the town, so it’s easy to recognise.

MELANIE: I know it. I (16)__________ it’s open all day.

ROB: Yes, but if you’d like to see the prizes being awarded for the best flowers, you’ll need to be there at 5 o’clock. The prizes are being given by a famous actor, Kevin Shapless.

MELANIE: Gosh, I’ve seen him on TV. I’ll definitely go to the prize-giving.

ROB: Right.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

MELANIE: I’ve seen a list of plays that are being performed this week, and I’d like to know which are (17)__________ for my children, and which ones my husband and I might go to.

ROB: How old are your children?

MELANIE: Five and seven. What about ‘The Mystery of Muldoon’?

ROB: That’s aimed at five to ten-year-olds.

MELANIE: So if I take my children, I can expect them to (18)__________ it more than I do?

ROB: I think so. If you’d like something for yourself and your husband and leave your children with a babysitter, you might like to see ‘Fire and Flood’ – it’s about events that really happened in Stretton two hundred years ago, and children might find it rather (19)__________.

MELANIE: Oh, thanks for the warning. And finally, what about ‘Silly Sailor’?

ROB: That’s a comedy, and it’s for young and old. In fact, it won an award in the Stretton Drama Festival a couple of months ago.

MELANIE: OK. Well, goodbye, and thanks for all the information. I’m looking forward to the festival!

ROB: Goodbye.