Giải đề Practice Cambridge 11 Listening Test 02: New staff at theatre
Bài nghe New staff at theatre trong Cambridge IELTS 11 – Test 2 giới thiệu về quá trình cải tạo và các hoạt động tại nhà hát Amersham. Đây là dạng câu hỏi Multiple Choice và Note Completion, kiểm tra khả năng nghe chi tiết và chọn lọc thông tin chính xác.
New staff at theatre
Questions 11 and 12
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO changes have been made so far during the refurbishment of the theatre?
A Some rooms now have a different use.
B A different type of seating has been installed.
C An elevator has been installed.
D The outside of the building has been repaired.
E Extra seats have been added.
Questions 13 and 14
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO facilities does the theatre currently offer to the public?
A rooms for hire
B backstage tours
C hire of costumes
D a bookshop
E a café
Questions 15 and 16
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO workshops does the theatre currently offer?
A sound
B acting
C making puppets
D make-up
E lighting
DICTATION TASK
Hi. Great to see you! I’m Jody, and I’ll be look after both of you for the first month you’re working here at the Amersham Theatre. I’ll tell you something about the theatre now, then take you to meet two of the other staff. It’s an old building, and it’s been modernised several times. In fact, as you can see, 1.__________________ at the moment. The interior has just been repainted, and we’re about to start on the exterior of the building – that’ll be a big job. The work’s 2.__________________, so we’ve had to postpone installing an elevator. I hope you’re happy running up and down stairs! When the theatre was built, people were 3.__________________ than now, and the seats were very close together. We’ve replaced them with larger seats, with more legroom. This means fewer seats in total, but we’ve taken the opportunity to install seats that can easily be moved to 4.__________________. We’ve also turned a few storerooms over to other purposes like using them for meetings.
We try hard to involve members of the public in the theatre. One way is by 5.__________________ so people can be shown round the building and learn how theatre operates. These are proving very popular. What we’re finding is that people want to have lunch or a cup of coffee while they’re here, so we’re looking into the possibility of opening a café 6.__________________. We have a bookshop, which specialises in books about drama and that attracts plenty of customers. Then there are two large rooms that will be decorated next month, and they’ll be available for hire, 7.__________________, such as parties. We’re also considering hiring out costumes to amateur drama clubs.
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TRANSCRIPT
Hi. Great to see you! I’m Jody, and I’ll be looking after both of you for the first month you’re working here at the Amersham Theatre. I’ll tell you something about the theatre now, then take you to meet two of the other staff.
Increased legroom
It’s an old building, and it’s been modernised several times. In fact, as you can see, we’re carrying out a major refurbishment at the moment. The interior has just been repainted, and we’re about to start on the exterior of the building – that’ll be a big job. The work’s running over budget, so we’ve had to postpone installing an elevator. I hope you’re happy running up and down stairs! When the theatre was built, people were generally slimmer and shorter
than now, and the seats were very close together. We’ve replaced them with larger seats, with more legroom. This means fewer seats in total, but we’ve taken the opportunity to install seats that can easily be moved, to create different acting spaces. We’ve also turned a few storerooms over to other purposes, like using them for meetings.
We try hard to involve members of the public in the theatre. One way is by organising backstage tours, so people can be shown round the building and learn how a theatre operates. These are proving very popular. What we’re finding is that people want to have lunch or a cup of coffee while they’re here, so we re looking into the possibility of opening a cafe in due course. We have a bookshop, which specialises in books about drama, and that attracts plenty of customers. Then there are two large rooms that will be decorated next month, and they’ll be available for hire, for conferences and private functions, such as parties. We re also considering hiring out costumes to amateur drama clubs.Increased legroom
Now I want to tell you about our workshops. We recently started a programme of workshops that anyone can join. Eventually we intend to run courses in acting, but we’re waiting until we’ve got the right people in place as trainers. That’s proving more difficult than we’d expected! There’s a big demand to learn about the technical side of putting on a production, and our lighting workshop has already started, with great success. We re going to start one on sound next month. A number of people have enquired about workshops on make-up, and that’s something we’re considering for the future. A surprise success is the workshop on making puppets – we happen to have someone working here who does it as a hobby, and she offered to run a workshop. It was so popular we re now running them every month!
Now, a word about the layout of the building. The auditorium, stage and dressing rooms for the actors are all below ground level. Here on the ground floor we have most of the rooms that the public doesn’t see. The majority are internal, so they have windows in the roof to light
Standing here in the foyer, you’re probably wondering why the box office isn’t here, where the public would expect to find it. Well, you might have noticed it on your way in – although it’s part of this building, it’s next door, with a separate entrance from the road.
For the theatre manager’s office, you go across the foyer and through the double doors, turn right, and it’s the room at the end of the corridor, with the door on the left.Backstage tours
The lighting box is where the computerised stage lighting is operated, and it’s at the back of the building When you’re through the double doors, turn left, turn right at the water cooler, and right again at the end. It’s the second room along that corridor. The lighting box has a window into the auditorium, which of course is below us.
The artistic director’s office is through the double doors, turn right, and it’s the first room you come to on the right-hand side. And finally, for the moment, the room where I’ll take you next – the relaxation room. So if you’d like to come with me …
GIẢI ĐỀ PRACTICE CAMBRIDGE 11 TEST 2: ĐÁP ÁN
11&12 A, B
13&14 B, D
15&16 C, E
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