Section 1 Audio script:

Receptionist: Welcome! How can I help you sir? Visitor: I want a room to stay in your hotel. Receptionist: For how many days do you want to stay? Visitor: I want to stay for five days only. What are your charges for a single room? Receptionist: We charge rupees two thousand for a day. Visitor: Please book a single room for me. Receptionist: Kindly fill up your particulars in this register and sign at this place. Visitor: .......Am I required to deposit any advance rent please? Receptionist: Deposit Rs.500/- only. You can pay the remaining amount at the time of leaving. Bed tea is included in our room charges but for other things you will have to pay extra. Visitor: I would like to have my bed tea at 7am and breakfast at 9 am. Receptionist: You will be served everything according to your requirement (need). What about lunch or dinner, sir? Visitor: I cant tell you the fix time because Ill be generally out on business. And whenever I need Ill ring you up. Receptionist: OK sir! Visitor: Do you have any sightseeing facility for your visitors? I would like to see this city after a couple of days. Receptionist: Yes sir. We have our own vans for this purpose. We also provide a guide. And we charge only Rs.100/- per person for our services. Visitor: Thanking you very much for kind information. This is my advance payment Rs.500/-. May I have the key of my room? Receptionist: Yes sir, here is the key. You must lock the room while going out. Visitor: Ill also need a phone connection in my room. And do you have internet or fax facility in your hotel? Receptionist: We cater to all the needs of our visitors. Every room has a phone connection. And whenever you need you can avail the facility of internet or fax in our office, adjacent to the reception. Visitor: Thanking you very much. Is there anybody who can carry my luggage to the room? Receptionist: This porter will carry your luggage to your room no.36. If you need any room service please ring the bell and the bearer will attend to your needs. Visitor: Thanks. Receptionist: Have a nice visit sir!
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The visitor wanted to boom a room for _____1_____. The charges for the room are _____2_____. The receptionist asked him to make an advance payment of _____3_____. The remaining amount would have to be paid at _____4_____. The visitor would like to have his bed tea at _____5_____ and breakfast at _____6_____.

6. The lunch and dinner times are _____7_____. 7. The hotel has sightseeing services at a rate of _____8_____. 8. The visitor has been provided accommodation at room no. _____9_____. 9. The visitors luggage was carried to the room by _____10_____.

Section 2 Audio script: ADAM: She has no discrimination. She takes to all the animals--all of them! She thinks they are all treasures, every new one is welcome. When the brontosaurus came striding into camp, she regarded it as an acquisition, I considered it a calamity; that is a good sample of the lack of harmony that prevails in our views of things. She wanted to domesticate it, I wanted to make it a present of the homestead and move out. She believed it could be tamed by kind treatment and would be a good pet; I said a pet twenty-one feet high and eighty-four feet long would be no proper thing to have about the place, because, even with the best intentions and without meaning any harm, it could sit down on the house and mash it, for any one could see by the look of its eye that it was absent-minded. Still, her heart was set upon having that monster, and she couldn't give it up. She thought we could start a dairy with it, and wanted me to help milk it; but I wouldn't; it was too risky. The sex wasn't right, and we hadn't any ladder anyway. Then she wanted to ride it, and look at the scenery. Thirty or forty feet of its tail was lying on the ground, like a fallen tree, and she thought she could climb it, but she was mistaken; when she got to the steep place it was too slick and down she came, and would have hurt herself but for me. Was she satisfied now? No. Nothing ever satisfies her but demonstration; untested theories are not in her line, and she won't have them. It is the right spirit, I concede it; it attracts me; I feel the influence of it; if I were with her more I think I should take it up myself. Well, she had one theory remaining about this colossus: she thought that if we could tame it and make him friendly we could stand in the river and use him for a bridge. It turned out that he was already plenty tame enough--at least as far as she was concerned--so she tried her theory, but it failed: every time she got him properly placed in the river and went ashore to cross over him, he came out and followed her around like a pet mountain. Like the other animals. They all do that. Fill in the following passage to complete the physical description of the monster. The name of the animal is ____11_____. It is a very _____12_____ animal. It was _____13_____ high and _____14_____ long. If it sat on the house that would _____15_____. Milking the animal would need _____16_____. However, the animal is not ____17____ for the purpose. The tail of the animal was _____18_____ long and lying on_____19_____. It can be used as a _____20_____ in a river. Section 3

Audio script: RISHI: Hello! Am I talking to Sehwag? SEHWAG: Of course. Who is there? RISHI: I am Rishi from Delhi. I have been trying to talk to you for many days. I am happy you are attending my call. SEHWAG: Whenever I have time I do talk to my fans. Rishi, in which class do you study? RISHI: In 12th class. You are a great cricketer. I love your batting. SEHWAG: Thanks for your appreciation Rishi. RISHI: You always seem full of confidence. SEHWAG: I always pray to God and He keeps me free from pressure. RISHI: Sometimes you play better than Tendulkar and Lara. SEHWAG: I dont think so. I still learn a lot from them. RISHI: Can you guide me about the secret of your success? SEHWAG: I have worked very hard in life. A person must be very dedicated and willing to sacrifice many things to attain success. RISHI: I want to meet you. Will you give me time? SEHWAG: Next month I shall be at my home at Najafgarh for 15 days. You can call me next month. I shall definitely meet you. RISHI: Thanking you very much.

There are two speakers: Rishi and Sehwag. Match the statements with the speaker. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. I have been trying to talk to you for many days. You always seem full of confidence. I want to meet you. Will you give me time? Can you guide me about the secret of your success? I always pray to God and He keeps me free from pressure. I dont think so. I still learn a lot from them. A person must be very dedicated and willing to sacrifice many things to attain success. Next month I shall be at my home at Najafgarh for 15 days. Sometimes you play better than Tendulkar and Lara. I am happy you are attending my call.

Section 4 Audio script: The Thames is the second longest river in the United Kingdom and the longest river entirely in England. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into the North Sea at the Thames Estuary. It has a special significance in flowing through London, the capital of the United Kingdom, although London only includes a short part of its course. The river is tidal in London with a rise and fall of 7 metres (23 ft); tides reaching up to Teddington Lock. The catchment area covers a large part of South Eastern and Western England and the river is fed by over 20 tributaries. The river contains over 80 islands, and having both seawater and freshwater stretches, it supports a variety of wildlife.

The river has supported human activity from its source to its mouth for thousands of years providing habitation, water power, food and drink. It has also acted as a major highway through the Port of London for international trade, internally along its length and by its connection to the British canal system. The rivers strategic position has seen it at the centre of many events and fashions in British history, earning it a description by John Burns as Liquid History. It has been a physical and political boundary over the centuries and generated a range of river crossings. More recently, the river has become a major leisure area supporting tourism and pleasure outings as well as the sports of rowing, sailing, skiffing, kayaking, and punting. The river has had a special appeal to writers, artists, musicians and film-makers and is well-represented in the arts. It is still the subject of various debates about its course, nomenclature and history. The Thames is 215 miles (346 km) long. Its usually quoted source is at Thames Head, about a mile north of the village of Kemble and near the town of Cirencester, in the Cotswolds. Seven Springs near Cheltenham, where the river Churn rises, is also sometimes quoted as the Thames' source, as this location is furthest from the mouth, and adds some 14 miles (22 km) to the length. The springs at Seven Springs also flow throughout the year, while those at Thames Head are only seasonal. The Thames is the longest river entirely in England, but the River Severn, which is partly in Wales, is the longest river in the United Kingdom. The Thames flows through or alongside Ashton Keynes, Cricklade, Lechlade, Oxford, Abingdon, Wallingford, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Marlow, Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton, Staines, Sunbury, Weybridge and Thames Ditton before entering the Greater London area. The present course is the result of several minor redirections of the main channel around Oxford, Abingdon and Maidenhead and more recently the creation of specific cuts to ease navigation. From the outskirts of Greater London, the river passes Hampton Court, Surbiton, Kingston, Teddington, Twickenham, Richmond (with a famous view of the Thames from Richmond Hill), Syon House and Kew before flowing through central London. In central London, the river forms one of the principal axes of the city, from the Palace of Westminster to the Tower of London and was the southern boundary of the medieval city, with Southwark on the opposite bank. Past central London, the river passes between Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs, before flowing through the Thames Barrier, which protects central London from flooding by storm surges. Below the barrier, the river passes Dartford, Tilbury and Gravesend before entering the Thames Estuary near Southend-on-Sea. Fill in the blanks with the correct information. A. The Thames flows through or alongside ____31_____, Cricklade, Lechlade, _____32_____, Abingdon, Wallingford, Goring-on-Thames, _____33_____, Henley-on-Thames, Marlow, Maidenhead, _____34_____, Eton, Staines, Sunbury, Weybridge and Thames Ditton before entering the _____35_____ area. The present course is the result of several minor redirections of the main channel around Oxford, Abingdon and Maidenhead and more recently the creation of specific cuts to ease navigation.

B. Past central London, the river passes between _____36_____ and the Isle of Dogs, before flowing through the _____37_____, which protects central London from flooding by _____38_____. Below the barrier, the river passes _____39_____, Tilbury and Gravesend before entering the _____40_____ near Southend-on-Sea.