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SECTION 1
F = Female student
M = Male student
C = Clerk
F:
Excuse me. Can you help me? I was looking for the Main Hall.
M:
Maybe I can, actually. I’m looking for the Main Hall, too. I think it’s in the
Example
Administration building. Are you a new student?
F:
Yes, I am.
Repeat
M:
I thought you looked as lost as me. I’m trying to find the admin building,
too, so that I can register for my course. But I don’t seem to be having much
luck.
F:
Well, look, according to this map of the campus here, you go straight up the
steps, turn left and the building is on the right. OK, let’s see if we can find it.
Q1
M:
Oh, this looks right. Oh, yeah, it must be. Look, there are hundreds of other
people here!
F:
There must be at least 50 people in the queue — we’ll be here till gone 2
Q2
o’clock at this rate.
M:
And I’m starving!
F:
So am I.
M:
Actually, I was on my way to the canteen to get something for lunch. Why
don’t I go to the canteen and buy something and you stay here and wait?
F:
Good idea.
M:
What would you like? Pizza, sandwich, hot dog, fried rice. They do
everything ...
F:
Oh, something easy. Take away fried rice sounds good.
M:
OK, fried ...
F:
No, on second thoughts, I’ll have a cheese and tomato sandwich.
Q3
M:
Right one cheese and tomato — anything to drink?
F:
Yeah, get me a coffee, would you?
M:
Oh, hot coffee’s a bit hard to carry. What about a coke or an orange juice?
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Practice Test 4
F:
Oh, um ... get me an orange juice, then. Look, here’s five dollars.
Q4
M:
Oh, take two dollars back, it shouldn’t cost me more than three dollars.
F:
Well, keep the five and we’ll sort it out later. Oh, and could you get me an
Q5
apple as well?
M:
OK. Back in a minute.
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F:
Oh, hello. I’m here to register for the First Year Law course.
C:
I’ll just have to fill out this form for our records. What’s your name?
F:
Julia Perkins.
C:
Can you spell that for me?
F:
Yeah, that’s J-U-L-I-A P-E-R-K-I-N-S.
Q6
C:
Address?
F:
Flat 5, 15 Waratah Road, that’s W-A-R-A-T-A-H, Brisbane.
Q7 and Q8
C:
Brisbane ... And your telephone number?
F:
We haven’t got the phone on yet. We’ve only just moved in.
C:
OK, well can you let us have the number once the phone’s connected and I’ll
make a note here to be advised. And the course?
Q9
F:
I beg your pardon?
C:
What course are you doing?
F:
First Year Law.
Q10
C:
Right. Well, you’ll have to go across to the Law Faculty and get this card
stamped and then you come back here with it and pay your union fee.
F:
Thanks very much.
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M:
Oh, there you are.
F:
I thought you were never going to come back.
M:
Sorry! The canteen was absolutely packed and I had to wait for ages. Then
when I got to the front of the queue they had hardly any food left. So I had
to get you a slice of pizza. I’m sorry.
Q11
F:
Oh, that’s OK. I could eat anything, I’m so hungry.
M:
And there’s your bottle of orange juice and your apple. At least I managed that.
F:
Great. Thanks a lot.
M:
Oh and here’s your $2 back.
F:
Don’t worry about it. Buy me a cup of coffee later!
M:
Oh, alright then! So how’d you go?
F:
Well in order to register we’ve got to go to the Law Faculty and get this card
stamped and then go back to the Admin building and pay the union fees.
Q12
That means we’re registered. After that we have to go to the notice board to
find out about lectures and then we have to put our names down for tutorial
groups and go to the library to ...
M:
Great. Well first let’s sit down and have our lunch.

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