What can you find at each of the places below?

Choose your answers from the box and write the correct letter A-H next to Questions 16-20.

16 ABCDEFGH      Aquascene

17 ABCDEFGH      Smith Street Mall

18 ABCDEFGH      Cullen Bay Marina

19 ABCDEFGH      Fannie Bay

20 ABCDEFGH      Mitchell Street

• 16 Answer: B
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  Q16. Aquascene	Joanne: Well, one of the most popular attractions is called 'Aquascene'. What happens is every day at high tide hundreds of fish come in from the sea - all different sorts, including some really, big deep-sea fish - and some of them will even take food from your hand. It's right in the middle of town, at the end of the Esplanade
  NOTE: + In this Question, focus on the keyword ‘Aquascence’ while listening so that you can find out the answer to this Question + You can hear from the recording that there are hundreds of fish come in from the sea and ‘some of them will even take food from your hand’ + The fish can even take food from your hand, so this means that you are given a chance to feed the fish + So, the final answer is B

• 17 Answer: E
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  Q17. Smith Street Mall	And if you don't have lots to spend, the best place to go is to Smith Street Mall where they have stalls selling stuff to eat, there's all sorts of different things including south-east Asian dishes, which I really like
  NOTE: + Pay attention to ‘Smith Street Mall + The speaker suggests that if you don’t have lots to spend, go to Smith Street Mall. This place has stalls selling many stuffs to eat with different things from Asian dishes – international food. Moreover, she really likes food in smith Street which is similar meaning to the food is good + Considering proofs above, you can find out that food in Smith Street Mall is ‘good’ (I really like), cheap (if you don’t have lots to spend, and international) (Asian dishes). So, it is clear that the answer is E

• 18 Answer: G
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  Q18. Cullen Bay Marina	You'd think there'd be plenty of fresh fish in Darwin as it’s on the coast, but in fact because of the climate it mostly gets frozen straight away, but you can get fresh fish in the restaurants on Culien Bay Marina - it's a nice place to go for a special meal and they have some good shops in that area too.
  NOTE: + In this question, you need to fill in the blank something relating to ‘Cullen Bay Marina’. So, focus on ‘Cullen bay Marina’. + The speaker mentions that you can get fresh fish in the RESTAURANTS on ‘Cullen bay Marina’ rather than on the coast due to the frozen climate. + Besides, in Culien Bay Marina, there aresome good SHOPS +  All of these proofs can be referred to option G (fish is also relating seafood). So G is the final answers

• 19 Answer: H
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  Q19. Fannie Bay	What else, well, there's the botanic garden: it’s over a hundred years old and there's lots to see an orchid farm, rainforest, a collection of palm trees, erm. A wetlands area  you can easily spend an afternoon there. That's at Fannie Bay
  NOTE: + Firstly, you can hear that ‘ There is the botanic garden’. So, you should choose the option which mentions about trees, grasses, forests,… + You can hear from the recording that there are lots to see in this botanic garden such as orchid farm, rainforest, a collection of palm trees,… Finally, the speaker tells us about the location of this botanic garden. It is at Fannie Bay + The keyword ‘Fannie Bay’ has been mentioned. + So, the next step is considering everything that you have heard from the recording about Fannie Bay (botanic garden, rainforest,… which is similar to the statement that ‘a wide range of different plants’. Therefore, G is the answer.

• 20 Answer: C
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  Q20. Mitchell Street	Then, if you've got any energy left in the evening, the place to go is Mitchell Street that's where it all happens as far as clubs and music and things are concerned - you'll bump into lots of my friends there!
  NOTE: + Pay attention to the word ‘Mitchell Street’ + ‘If you’ve got any energy left in the EVENING, the place to go is Mitchell Street’ (You can hear this sentence from the tape). This means that in Mitchell Street, there are something to do in the evening (such as clubs and music and things are concerned). This means you can enjoy a good nightlife in Mitchell Street. Therefore, the final answer is C.

What information was given by each writer?

Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-F next to Questions 24-27.

24 ABCDEF     Vickers

25 ABCDEF     Whiteboume

26 ABCDEF     Haverton

27 ABCDEF     Stanfield

• 24 Answer: F
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  Q24. Vickers	Stella:     Yes - we read the Ross Vickers article the one comparing the groups of American Marines training in summer and winter. That's quite relevant to our study, it was interesting because the Marines who were training in the cold winter conditions tried to cheer themselves up by thinking of warm places, but it didn’t really work. Phil:     Yes, they were trying to force themselves to have a positive mental outlook but in fact it had the opposite effect, and they ended up in a very negative state of mind .
  ANSWER: F  psychological problems due to having to cope with bad weather + In this kind of question, you need to match the information relating to what the inquiry requires + In this case, you need to find out the correct information for Vickers. So, when the speaker mentions ‘Vickers’, it’s time for you to listen carefully. You have to figure out the correct option that match perfectly with what information you heard from the recording + Phil states that they were forcing themselves to have a positive mental outlook to face with bad weather even when it ended up in a negative state of mind – pyschological problems + In this case ‘trying to force themselves…’ also means ‘having to cope with…’; ‘negative state of mind’ is similar to ‘pyschological problems’ + According to this, the answer is F Notes: ‘pyschological’ is what relating to the way that your mind works and the way that this affects your behaviour; ‘pyschological problem’ is similar to ‘negative state of mind’; ‘trying to force themselves’ also means ‘having to cope with’

• 25 Answer: D
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  Q25.  Whiteboume	Stella:     And we found some more research by someone who wasn't on the reading list you gave us - George Whitebourne. He compared people living in three countries with very different climatic conditions. Actually he looked at several things, not just the weather, but he found some people's reactions to bad weather were much worse than others and it was linked to how stressed they were generally - the weather on its own didn't have such a significant effect on mood .
  ANSWER: D. the important effect of stress on mood + In this kind of question, you need to match the information relating to what the inquiry requires + In this case, you need to find out the correct information for Vickers. So, when the speaker mentions ‘Whiteboume’, it’s time for you to listen carefully. You have to figure out the correct option that match perfectly with what you heard from the recording + Stella says that Whiteboume compared people living in different countries with very different climatic conditions. He looked at several things, not just the weather. Then he found some people's reactions to bad weather were much worse than others and it was linked to stress . + This information includes the effect of stress to people’s reactions. Stella also emphasizes that the connection between stress and reaction to bad weather was much worse than other factors. Sequently, the information above can cover the idea of option D. So D is the correct answer.

• 26 Answer: C
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  Q26.Haverton	Phil:     And we looked at a paper by Haver. Stella:     Havedon. Phil:     Yeah. He broke weather up into about fifteen or sixteen categories and did qualitative and quantitative research, he found that humans respond to conditions in the weather with immediate responses, such as fear or amazement, but these responses can also be linked to associations from their earlier life , such as a particular happy or sad event.
  ANSWER: C. how past events affect attitudes to weather + When hearing the word ‘Haverton’, it is time for you to listen carefully to choose the correct option that can convey the idea mentioned from the recording + Option C main idea has been highlighted purple, which match with the purple highlighted phrases information. The responses to conditions in the weather linked to association from their earlier life. (‘earlier life’ has the same meaning with ‘past events’ in the option). After all, the final answer is C

• 27 Answer: B
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  Q27. Stanfield	Dr Blake:     Did you have a look at Stanfield's work? Stella:     Yes. It was interesting because the type of questions he asked were similar to what we were planning to use in our survey. Dr Blake:     Yes? Stella:     He asked people how they were feeling on days with good and bad weather. He found the biggest factor seemed to be the humidity moods were most negative on days with a lot of rainfall . Long periods without sunshine had some effect but nothing like as much.
  ANSWER: B. the type of weather with the worst effect on mood + In this case, you need to find out the correct information for Vickers. So, when the speaker mentions ‘Standfield’, it’s time for you to listen carefully. You have to figure out the correct option that match perfectly with what you heard from the recording + Standfield found that humidity moods were most negative on days with a lot of rainfall. In this statement, ‘humidity moods’ is similar to ‘mood’ as written in the option B; ‘worst effect’ from the Question has been altered to ‘were most negative’ in the recording; ‘the type of weather’ in the Question also means ‘on days with a lot of rainfall’ from the recording. Considering everything, the answer should be B.