Tapescript of Model Test 2
Section A
News Report One
Got a smart phone? Never lose your hotel key, or even have to stop at the registration desk again. That’s the vision of a hotel chain that plans to send digital keys to guests’ phone via an app instead of making them check in and get the traditional plastic swipe cards. [1]Arriving guests could get around the front desk and go straight to their rooms. Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which owns more than 1,150 hotels in nearly 100 countries, [2]plans to install the system in the next three months at two of its hotels in the U.S.A. If all goes well, the company says it could have the feature in all of its hotels by next year. A spokeswoman said the app will initially be compatible with recent iPhone models and newer Android phones. The app will use Bluetooth technology to unlock the room with a tap. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. What is the main advantage of the digital key?
2. How many hotels will have the system in the next three months?
News Report Two
A British man accused of planning his wife’s murder while they were honeymooning in South Africa has lost a High Court appeal to block his being sent back to Britain until he is fit to [3]The judges ruled that Shrien Dewani can be sent back as long as the South African government pledges to return him to the United Kingdom should he ultimately prove unfit to be tried. Dewani’s lawyers had urged that he should not be sent back while he was unfit to stand trial. He is being treated for a depressive illness. His legal team can appeal the decision at the Supreme Court. [4]Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of criminals to kill his wife,
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AnniDewani, during a taxi ride in Cape Town last November, just over two weeks after their wedding.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. What can we learn about Shrien Dewani according to the court ruling? 4. What was Dewani accused of
News Report Three
Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays taken away from them before they could take a bite this week. Salt Lake City School District officials said the trays were taken way at Utah Elementary School Tuesday [5]because some students had negative balances in their accounts used to pay for lunches. But they admit the situation should have been handled differently. Instead of regular lunches, the students were given fruit and milk. “We don’t ever let kids go without any food entirely,” said Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen. [6]One mother said, she was “blindsided” when her daughter described what a school district official told her: “You don’t have any money in your account, so you can’t get lunch.” “There were a lot of tears,” she said, “and it was pretty upsetting for them.” [7]The district said it started notifying parents about negative account balances Monday. But the mother said she and other parents were never told about the problem.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch? 6. How did parents react to the school’s way of handling the situation? 7. When were the parents informed of negative balances according to the district?
Section B
Conversation One
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M: Hi, Diana. I’m surprised to see you on the city bus. Your car in the shop? W: No. [8][11]I’ve just been thinking a lot about the environment lately. So I decide the air will be a lot cleaner if we all use public transport when we could. M: I’m sure you are right. The diesel bus isn’t exactly pollution free.
W: True. They’ll be running a lot cleaner soon. [9]We were just talking about that in my environmental engineering class.
M: What could the city do? Install pollution filters in all their buses?
W: They could, but those filters make the engines work harder and really cut down on the fuel efficiency. Instead, they found a way to make their engines more efficient. M: How?
W: Well, there is a new insulator. And you spray a thick coat of it on the engine. M: An insulator?
W: Yeah. [10]What it does is reflect back the heat of burning fuel. So the fuel will burn much hotter and burn up more completely. M: So a lot less unburned fuel comes out to pollute the air.
W: And the bus will need less fuel. So with the saving on fuel cost, they say this will all pay for itself in just six months.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. Why does Diana take a bus that day? 9. What is true about Diana?
10. What justifies the installation of a new insulator in the buses according to Diana?
11. What is the major concern of the woman?
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