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TEST ONE

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SECTION 1

Announcer: Listening section 1. In a moment you will hear a conversation between two university students-Mick and Steve. They are discussing their plans for the evening. Before you listen, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.

Now listen to the conversation and answer questions 1 to 5.

Mick: Hey Steve… I was thinking of going out to get something to eat. After that I thought l might go and play some pool down the pub.

Steve: Who’re you going with'?

Mick: Ah… no one in particular… l thought I'd just see if anyone we know is hanging around down there. Do you want to come'?

Steve: Nah… thought I’d have a quiet night at home. I’ve rented some videos from the shop.

Mick: Yeah… what’ve you got'?

Steve: Ah let me think… a couple of horror classics—"Hellraiser" and "Evil Dead Ill—Army of Darkness" and… a Sergio Leone spaghetti western.

Mick: With Clint Eastwood'?

Steve: Nope… Charlie Bronson.

Mick: Ah so it's "Once Upon a Time in the West". Alright, count me in. That is if it’s okay with you. You weren’t planning a romantic night in with the girlfriend or anything, were you?

Steve: No. She has gone down south to her grandparents’ house. Besides, it’s your house too Mick.

Mick: Right… tell you what though… I’m really starving.

Steve: Yeah… I'm feeling a bit peckish myself. But I can’t be bothered going out to get anything. What do you say we order pizza'?

Mick: Sounds like a good idea to me. There are some menus around here somewhere… ah here we are… which do you fancy-Pizza Hut or Domino’s?

Steve: Neither… I think they’re both rubbish. I hate the way that they cut the ham and other toppings into little cubes instead of shredding it into thin strips.

Mick: Well yeah… I must admit that I’m not so keen on their pizzas either… I find the base and crust a bit too doughy. But we don’t have any other menus, so what do you want to do?

Steve: Why don’t we call up that place down the road… what’s it called… "Stalloni’s", right?

Mick: Yeah I think so… something like that… anyway it would be in the telephone book. I’II call them in a minute but first let’s decide on what type of pizzas to get.

Steve: Well we’ll need at least two, so we might as well get one of those deals… you know, the ones which include a free bottle of coke, garlic bread and so on.

Mick: Yeah, yeah ’course. Anything you don’t like in particular I’m not really into seafood.

Steve: No, I’m not a big seafood fan either. But I do like anchovies, so can you get at least one half of one of the pizzas with anchovies on it? Other than that I’m cool… oh… and chilli flakes are good too.

Mick: Alright, I’ll go and call them.

Steve: I’ll go pick up some beer from the bottle-o next door.

Announcer: Mick calls up the pizza shop. Before you listen to the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.

Listen to the conversation and answer questions 6 to 10.

(sound of phone ringing)

Woman: Hello, StaIloni’s Pizzas, how may I help you?

Mick: Hello I’d like to order some pizzas—delivery. Um… what specials do you have on offer at the moment?

Woman: One large pizza, 750ml coke and garlic bread for $19.95 or two medium pizzas plus coke and garlic bread for $22.95 or two family pizzas, two cokes and two garlic breads for $31.95.

Mick: Okay… I’II take the second deal-two medium pizzas. What flavours do you have?

Woman: Lots… Supreme, Spicy Italian, Seafood, Vegetarian, Cajun Chicken, Hawaiian, Bacon, Mexican… or you can just choose the toppings you want.

Mick: Okay… so what’s on the Supreme?

Woman: Well apart from our special sauce, mozzarella and cheese topping—which all of the pizzas have—there’s seafood, ham, pepperoni, onions, capsicum, olives and mushrooms.

Mick: Right… I’ll have one of those minus the seafood. But, can I get anchovies on one half of it?

Woman: Sure can. So that’s one medium supreme, no seafood but with anchovies on half.

Mick: Right. And for the second pizza I'd like a Hawaiian but instead of ham, can l have bacon? Plus, I’d also like mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes. Actually, on second thought, you can get rid of the pineapple too. Replace the pineapple with onion.

Woman: Well that’s more like our Bacon pizza than a Hawaiian but no matter… so that’s one pizza with bacon, onion, mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes and one Supreme—minus the seafood but with anchovies on half, plus one coke and one garlic bread, right?

Mick: Oops… l almost forgot… can you put a good dose of chilli flakes on both pizzas?

Woman: Chilli flakes… okay no problem. Now what’s the address?

Mick: It’s 90, London Street, Mount Hawthorn.

Woman: Right, there’s a two dollar delivery charge so that brings the total to $24.95.

Mick: Do you sell corn on the cob?

Woman: No that’s Chicken Treat or Red Rooster you’re thinking of. I’ll need your telephone number too.

Mick: Right… it’s 9-2-4-2-double 7-7-3.

Woman: 9-2-4-2-double 7-7-3. Okey-dokey, that shouldn’t be long. Probably about 30 minutes.

Mick: Thanks.

Woman: No worries. Bye.

Announcer: That is the end of section 1. You now have half a minute to check your answers.