A man phones a community garden association about renting an allotment.
Questions 1–6 · Form completion
Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Westcombe Community Gardens — Allotment Application
1Applicant: Tom
Fairclough. “It's Tom Fairclough … I'll spell it: F, A, I, R, C, L, O, U, G, H.” The spelling is the only reliable way to get this name — it does not sound the way it is written. Trap: writing the name the way it sounds instead of copying the letters. 🔑 বাংলায়: নামটা উচ্চারণ শুনে লিখলে ভুল হবে — বানান করে বলা অক্ষরগুলো (F-A-I-R-C-L-O-U-G-H) হুবহু লিখুন।
2Contact number:
07946 318552. “there's a phone at home, but we're having the line disconnected next month, so you'd better take my mobile. It's oh seven nine four six, three one eight, five five two.” Trap: the home phone is mentioned first and rejected — only the mobile number is given. “oh” = 0. 🔑 বাংলায়: বাসার ফোন বাদ (লাইন কেটে দেওয়া হচ্ছে); mobile নম্বরটাই উত্তর। “oh” মানে শূন্য (0)।
3Plot size required: m²
125. “a full plot is two hundred and fifty square metres … The smaller plots are exactly half that size, so a hundred and twenty-five square metres.” Tom then agrees: “Let's go for one of those.” Trap: he first wants a full-size plot (250 m²) but changes his mind because of the ten hours a week it needs. 🔑 বাংলায়: প্রথমে full plot (250) চেয়েছিলেন, পরে সময়ের অভাবে ছোটটা (125 m²) নেন।
4Induction session: Saturday May, 10 a.m.
3 (3rd). “The next one is on the third of May, and then there's another on the twenty-fourth.” / “the later one's no good … But the earlier date should be fine.” Trap: the 24th is the last date said, but he rejects it (his brother's wedding) and chooses the earlier one. 🔑 বাংলায়: শেষে শোনা 24 তারিখ নয় — ওটা বাদ, আগের তারিখ 3 মে-ই উত্তর।
5Annual fee: £
38. “the standard rate is forty-five pounds, but because you live in the parish, you get the residents' rate, which brings it down to thirty-eight. There's also a deposit of fifteen pounds for the gate key.” Trap: £45 is the normal rate (he qualifies for the cheaper one), and £15 is a refundable key deposit, not the yearly fee. 🔑 বাংলায়: 45 পাউন্ড সাধারণ রেট, 15 পাউন্ড চাবির deposit — বছরের ফি 38।
6Required at the first session: a
photograph. “Gloves, or tools?” / “No, you won't need those … The one thing I do need is a passport-sized photograph.” Trap: gloves and tools are suggested by the caller and rejected. 🔑 বাংলায়: Gloves/tools লাগবে না — শুধু একটা passport-size photograph আনতে হবে।
Questions 7–10 · Note completion
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Site rules for new members
7Only building permitted: a (no taller than 2 m)
shed. “A lot of people want a greenhouse straight away, but we stopped allowing those … You can have a shed, though, as long as it's no more than two metres high.” Trap: greenhouse is mentioned first — it is no longer allowed. 🔑 বাংলায়: Greenhouse এখন নিষেধ (ফুটবলে কাচ ভেঙেছিল); অনুমতি আছে শুধু shed-এর।
8Cars: leave at the in Mill Lane
church. “We used to have an arrangement with the pub on the corner, but the new owners have asked us not to use their car park any more. So now everyone parks at the church on Mill Lane.” Trap: the track by the gate and the pub are both ruled out. 🔑 বাংলায়: Gate-এর পাশের রাস্তা আর pub — দুটোই বাদ; গাড়ি রাখতে হবে church-এ।
9Fires: allowed only in , after 4 p.m.
November. “We used to allow them from October right through to March, but … the committee now only permits them during November.” Trap: October–March was the old rule. 🔑 বাংলায়: আগে অক্টোবর–মার্চ চলত; এখন শুধু November-এ, বিকেল 4টার পর।
10Shared maintenance day: first of every month
Sunday. “Those used to be on Saturdays, but so many members have children playing sport then that they're now held on the first Sunday of each month.” (work day = shared maintenance day) Trap: Saturday is the old day — and the induction is also on a Saturday. 🔑 বাংলায়: আগে Saturday ছিল, এখন প্রতি মাসের প্রথম Sunday।
Section 2 · Questions 11–20 · a tour of a restored railway station
🎧 Recording — Section 2 1 speaker · welcome talk
A volunteer guide welcomes visitors to a restored Victorian railway station.
Questions 11–15 · Plan labelling
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 11–15.
Hollinsby Junction — visitor plan
11Tea room
D. “Walk through the booking hall onto platform one, turn right, and keep going, past the footbridge, until you almost reach the point where the platform slopes down. It's the very last building on the platform.” From the station building, right = east; D is at the far east end of Platform 1. Trap: many people think it is inside the station building; A (south-east corner) is where the picnic tables are. 🔑 বাংলায়: Platform 1-এ উঠে ডানে (পূর্বে), footbridge পার হয়ে platform-এর একদম শেষ মাথার building — D। A হলো picnic tables।
12Signal box
G. “These days it's on the far side of the tracks, roughly halfway between the water tower and the footbridge.” Trap: “It originally stood right beside the level crossing at the western end” — that old position (near C) is no longer correct. 🔑 বাংলায়: আগে level crossing-এর পাশে ছিল (C-এর কাছে) — এখন লাইনের ওপারে, water tower আর footbridge-এর মাঝামাঝি — G।
13Model railway exhibition
B. “Once you're over the footbridge, follow the path west, past the water tower and round the far side of the pond, and you'll find it tucked away in the north-west corner of the site.” Trap: “a long brick building as you came in from the car park … that's actually our workshop” (F). 🔑 বাংলায়: Car park-এর পাশের লম্বা building (F) workshop — exhibition হলো pond পেরিয়ে উত্তর-পশ্চিম কোণে, B।
14Engine shed
E. “just beyond the end of the platform you'll see the turntable … The engine shed is directly behind it, right up in the north-eastern corner.” Trap: the turntable itself is printed on the plan — the shed is the position behind it. 🔑 বাংলায়: Platform 2 ধরে পূর্বে, turntable-এর ঠিক পেছনে, উত্তর-পূর্ব কোণে — E।
15Children's play area
H. “take the path that runs west towards the level crossing, and you'll find it on your left, just before you reach the crossing gates.” Walking west, your left is the south side of the path. Trap: “It isn't next to the picnic tables, which are over in the south-east corner” (A). 🔑 বাংলায়: পশ্চিমে হাঁটলে বাঁ দিক মানে দক্ষিণ — crossing gates-এর ঠিক আগে, H। Picnic tables (A)-এর পাশে নয়।
Questions 16–20 · Multiple choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
16The colour scheme used in the restoration was based on
C. “while the window frames were being stripped, the restorers came across tiny flakes of the original paint hidden under about a dozen later coats … that's what you see today.” (flakes found while stripping = evidence uncovered during the work) Trap: the photographs are “all in black and white” (A), and the retired porter's green-and-cream memory was “very nearly” used — but wasn't (B). 🔑 বাংলায়: সাদাকালো ছবি কাজে আসেনি, porter-এর স্মৃতিও ভুল ছিল — রং ঠিক হয়েছে পুরনো রঙের টুকরো খুঁজে পেয়ে।
17Visitors wishing to take a trip on the steam railway
A. “The ride along the valley and back is covered by the wristband you were given at the gate.” (covered by the wristband = nothing extra to pay) Trap: people queue at the ticket office “but there's really no need” (B); booking online is for travelling “in the cab with the driver”, which costs extra (C). 🔑 বাংলায়: সাধারণ ride entry wristband-এই included; online booking শুধু driver-এর cab-এ চড়ার জন্য।
18Today's last afternoon service leaves at
B. “Normally the last train of the day leaves at a quarter to five. Today, though, … the final afternoon departure will be at four o'clock. You might see three fifteen printed in your leaflet, but that's a misprint.” Trap: 4.45 is the usual time (C); 3.15 is a printing error (A) — and it is the last time mentioned. 🔑 বাংলায়: সাধারণত 4:45, leaflet-এর 3:15 ভুল ছাপা — আজকের শেষ ট্রেন 4টায়।
19Visitors are not allowed to
C. “The one thing we're really strict about is the line itself. Even when there's no train in sight, nobody walks across the rails.” Trap: in the booking hall “you're welcome to pick things up” (A); photography is allowed “even in the signal box”, only without a flash (B). 🔑 বাংলায়: Booking hall-এ জিনিস ধরা যায়, signal box-এ ছবিও তোলা যায় (flash ছাড়া) — নিষেধ শুধু রেললাইনের ওপর দিয়ে হাঁটা।
20What does the guide say about volunteering?
B. “most of us knew next to nothing about trains when we started, and we train everyone ourselves.” Trap: “the minimum age used to be eighteen, but we lowered it to sixteen” (A); the commitment is “two days a month”, not every weekend (C). 🔑 বাংলায়: আগে বয়স 18 লাগত, এখন 16; মাসে দুই দিন — আর আগে থেকে ট্রেন সম্পর্কে কিছু জানা লাগে না।
Section 3 · Questions 21–30 · a report on restoring a wetland
Two students, Grace and Marcus, discuss their report on a wetland restoration with their tutor, Dr Harper.
Questions 21–25 · Multiple choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
21What was the main reason the students chose Wythen Marsh?
B. Grace: “At Wythen, the diggers only moved in last spring, so we can record what it's like right at the beginning.” Marcus agrees: “Being close was a bonus, but that was the real attraction.” Trap: Marcus first gives the bus journey (A), then accepts it was only a bonus; the tutor says “there's hardly anything published on it yet” (C is the opposite). 🔑 বাংলায়: কাছে হওয়াটা bonus মাত্র; আসল কারণ — restoration সবে শুরু হয়েছে। প্রকাশিত research প্রায় নেই।
22What is the tutor's view of the historical background section?
A. “My concern is simply how much there is. You've got four pages on medieval peat-cutting, and the reader doesn't need anywhere near that.” Trap: Grace wonders about moving it, but the tutor says “that's the conventional place for it” (B), and “your sources are good” (C). 🔑 বাংলায়: অবস্থান আর sources দুটোই ঠিক আছে — সমস্যা হলো দৈর্ঘ্য: চার পাতা অনেক বেশি।
23Why were the students unable to collect all the water samples?
A. Grace: “What actually stopped us was the warden. Redshank had started nesting in the tussocks up there, and he'd closed off that whole area.” Marcus then accepts: “the water on its own wouldn't have stopped us.” Trap: Marcus blames the flooding (B) and Grace corrects him; “we had waders”, so equipment was not the problem (C). 🔑 বাংলায়: Marcus বলে বন্যা, কিন্তু Grace শুধরে দেয় — পাখির বাসার জন্য warden এলাকাটা বন্ধ করেছিল। Waders ছিল, তাই equipment সমস্যা নয়।
24How will the questionnaire for local people be distributed?
C. Grace: “My plan was to hand out paper copies at the farmers' market in the village. It's on every Saturday morning.” Later: “So we stick with my original idea?” / “Yeah, okay. You win.” Trap: Marcus pushes for online (A), but the tutor says you'd have “no way of knowing who actually lives there”; post “would cost a fortune” (B). The answer is the first idea, not the last one discussed. 🔑 বাংলায়: Online-এ বাইরের লোক উত্তর দেবে, post-এ খরচ বেশি — তাই শেষে Grace-এর প্রথম idea: সাপ্তাহিক farmers' market-এ হাতে হাতে দেওয়া।
25Which part of the draft does the tutor praise most highly?
B. “But the part that really stands out is your conversation with the farmer whose land borders the marsh.” (farmer whose land borders the marsh = local landowner) Trap: the photographs are “attractive” but “really just decoration” (A); the maps “need a scale and a key” (C). 🔑 বাংলায়: ছবি শুধু সাজসজ্জা, map-এ scale/key নেই — সবচেয়ে ভালো অংশ কৃষকের সাথে কথোপকথন (interview)।
Questions 26–30 · Matching
What comment do the speakers make about each proposal for the site? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–F, next to Questions 26–30.
Comments A It would cost more than the trust can afford. B It has been successful at a similar site. C It could cause difficulties for an adjoining property. D It should wait until a survey is finished. E It would serve humans more than nature. F It could be carried out by unpaid helpers.
26Blocking the drainage ditches
C. Grace: “If the water level rises across the marsh, there's a good chance it'll seep into the grazing land beyond the boundary, and the farmer depends on that for his cattle.” (grazing land beyond the boundary = adjoining property) Trap: A — Marcus expected it to be expensive, but “it's actually quite cheap.” 🔑 বাংলায়: খরচ কম; আসল সমস্যা — পানি পাশের কৃষকের জমিতে ঢুকতে পারে।
27Reintroducing water voles
D. Marcus: “The trust is counting mink along the river this summer, and I really think the release should be held back until those results are in.” Grace changes her mind: “I suppose so.” (counting mink = a survey; held back = wait) Trap: Grace's first reaction (“I love the idea”) is enthusiastic — but she then agrees to wait. 🔑 বাংলায়: Mink গণনা (survey) শেষ না হওয়া পর্যন্ত water vole ছাড়া উচিত নয় — Grace-ও পরে রাজি হয়।
28Building a new bird hide
E. Grace: “The birds gain nothing from that. If anything, there'll be more disturbance. It's really about convenience for people.” Trap: A — Marcus says it “isn't cheap”, but “they've already been given a grant for it, so money isn't really the problem.” 🔑 বাংলায়: খরচের কথা উঠলেও grant আছে — মূল কথা হলো hide-টা পাখির নয়, মানুষের সুবিধার জন্য।
29Bringing in grazing ponies
B. Marcus: “I read about Elmsworth Fen, where they've had a small herd for six years … bird numbers there have risen every year.” Trap: Marcus says “I was against this at first” — his final view is positive, based on another site's success. 🔑 বাংলায়: Marcus প্রথমে বিপক্ষে ছিল, পরে অন্য একটি fen-এর সফলতা দেখে মত বদলায়।
30Clearing the willow scrub
F. Marcus: “The trust were going to hire contractors, but … You don't need machines or any special training, and the local conservation group have already offered to help at weekends.” (offered to help = unpaid helpers) Trap: paid contractors were the trust's plan — the students suggest volunteers instead. 🔑 বাংলায়: Contractor লাগবে না — বিশেষ training ছাড়াই স্থানীয় conservation group (volunteer) কাজটা করতে পারবে।
Section 4 · Questions 31–40 · a lecture on the search for longitude
A history of science lecture on finding longitude at sea.
Questions 31–40 · Note completion
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
The search for longitude
31Early ideas: Galileo — eclipses of Jupiter's satellites as a “sky clock”; useless at sea, but on land it later improved the accuracy of
maps. “On land, the method worked well, and it was later used to draw far more accurate maps.” (later used to draw more accurate maps = later improved the accuracy of maps) Trap: “telescope” comes straight after — it is why the method failed at sea, not what it improved; “clock” and “planet” are also heard. 🔑 বাংলায়: Jupiter-এর চাঁদের eclipse দিয়ে সময় মাপা — সাগরে telescope স্থির রাখা যেত না, কিন্তু স্থলে এতে maps অনেক নির্ভুল হয়।
32a 1687 pamphlet: an injured carried aboard would react at a set hour
dog. “One pamphlet, published in sixteen eighty-seven, recommended taking a wounded dog on board … the poor creature, it was claimed, would yelp at that very moment.” (wounded = injured) Trap: the other scheme — signal ships firing cannons — belongs to a different proposal. 🔑 বাংলায়: 1687-এর pamphlet-এ আহত কুকুর (dog) নেওয়ার কথা — signal ships আলাদা প্রস্তাব।
33Longitude Act (1714): passed after pressure from naval officers and based in London
merchants. “What prompted the Act was a petition signed by naval captains, but also, significantly, by merchants from the City of London, whose ships and cargoes were being lost at sea.” Trap: “captains” is already covered by “naval officers” in the notes. 🔑 বাংলায়: Petition-এ সই করেছিল naval captains এবং London-এর merchants (ব্যবসায়ী)।
34John Harrison: not trained as a clockmaker; earned his living at first as a
carpenter. “You might expect him to have served an apprenticeship with one of the great London clockmakers. In fact, he had no formal training in clockmaking at all. He followed his father's trade and worked as a carpenter.” Trap: the expected answer (clockmaker) is raised and denied. 🔑 বাংলায়: সবাই ভাবে clockmaker ছিলেন — আসলে বাবার মতো carpenter (কাঠমিস্ত্রি)।
35wooden clocks: important parts made of a tropical timber which is by nature , so lubrication was unnecessary
greasy. “Harrison made key moving parts from a tropical hardwood called lignum vitae, which is naturally greasy, so his clocks needed no oil whatsoever.” (naturally = by nature; needed no oil = lubrication was unnecessary) Trap: “thick and sticky” describes the ordinary lubricants that failed in the cold, not Harrison's wood; “oily” is not the word used. 🔑 বাংলায়: সাধারণ তেল ঠান্ডায় thick and sticky হয়ে যেত; Harrison-এর lignum vitae কাঠ নিজেই greasy (তেলতেলে), তাই oil লাগত না।
36H1 (1735): first tried out at sea on a trip to
Lisbon. “the following year it was tested on a voyage to Lisbon.” Trap: Jamaica is the trial voyage of H4, later in the lecture. 🔑 বাংলায়: H1-এর trial ছিল Lisbon-এ; Jamaica হলো H4-এর trial।
37H3 (nineteen years' work): its device for correcting the effects of temperature is still used in modern
thermostats. “it contained an invention you'll find today inside thermostats: the bimetallic strip, two different metals bonded together … and so cancel out the effect of heat and cold.” (you'll find today inside = still used in modern) Trap: the name of the device (“bimetallic strip”) and “metals” follow immediately — but the gap asks where it is used today. 🔑 বাংলায়: H3-এর bimetallic strip (দুই ধাতু জোড়া) আজও thermostats-এ ব্যবহার হয় — gap-এ device-এর নাম নয়, কোথায় ব্যবহার হয় সেটা লিখতে হবে।
38Opposition: the judges favoured the lunar method — measure Moon–star angles, then read off the time from published
tables. “This involved measuring the angle between the moon and certain stars, and then looking up the time in printed tables.” (looking up the time in printed tables = read off the time from published tables) Trap: “stars” is what the Moon was measured against (already in the notes); “board” and “trials” follow in the next sentences. 🔑 বাংলায়: Lunar method — চাঁদ আর তারার মধ্যকার কোণ মেপে ছাপানো tables থেকে সময় বের করা হত।
39Recognition: money finally granted once the backed Harrison
king. “Only when the king himself, George the Third, tested one of Harrison's watches and championed his cause did Parliament finally award him a large sum.” Trap: Parliament paid the money, but it acted only after the king's support; the Board itself never gave him the prize. 🔑 বাংলায়: টাকা দিয়েছিল Parliament, কিন্তু তা সম্ভব হয় king (George III) সমর্থন করার পরই।
40Proof at sea: Captain Cook (Pacific) called his H4 replica a reliable in all conditions
guide. “he described the watch as a faithful guide through every kind of climate.” (faithful = reliable; through every kind of climate = in all conditions) Trap: “watch” is said just before — but that is the copy itself, not Cook's description of it; the Bounty copy was “taken by the mutineers”. 🔑 বাংলায়: Cook H4-এর copy-কে বলেছিলেন সব আবহাওয়ায় একটি faithful guide (নির্ভরযোগ্য পথপ্রদর্শক)।